Meaning of headhunter | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A person who practises headhunting, the taking and preserving of a person's head after killing them.
2. One who recruits skilled personnel, especially executive-level ones, for a company.
3. A pitcher who throws at the batter's head.
4. A player who uses a hockey stick to attempt to strike an opponent's head.

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Examples

“We were accommodated here in the verandah of the large house, in which were several great baskets of dried human heads, the trophies of past generations of head-hunters.”

“Theirs was the spirit which upheld Darwin among the gauchos of the Argentine or Wallace among the head-hunters of Malaya.”

“Near-synonyms: recruiter, talent scout”

“A headhunter called me out of the blue with an offer I couldn't refuse.”

“Thankfully, there aren't many headhunters in the modern game.”

“He is known as a goon and a headhunter.”

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