Definition of "huntress" []

• A woman who hunts. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Looks like another great hunter or huntress is coming soon ....."
• "When reading a la Diane in a recipe title it is thought to have been named for the Greek goddess Diana, known as the huntress."
• "I could perceive that the huntress was the chief attraction; and for a moment my apprehensions were sufficiently keen."