head-hunter

Noun

Meaning

A member of any tribe or race of savages who have the custom of decapitating human beings and preserving their heads as trophies. The Dyaks of Borneo are the most noted head-hunters.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Alternative names

head hunter

Synonyms

savage bravo butcher cannibal ogre gun primitive reviewer brute assassin ruffian hitman hit man aborigine assassinator

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Examples

As a head-hunter I get a lot of satisfaction from seeing my candidates do well and therefore my clients happy. I want to work with clients more as a partner than simply a head-hunter. Bruce Bennett

Close letter words and terms

head-first head-hop head-hunt head-initial head-kerchief head-like