head hunter
person who recruits executives for businesses; person from a primitive tribe who collects the heads of enemies he has killed | ||||
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Head-hunter Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
Head-hunter
(n.)
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.
(n.)
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.
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head-hunter
head-hunter
\head"-hunt`er\ (?), n. 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. -- head"-hunt`ing, n.
head-hunter
\head"-hunt`er\ (?), n. 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. -- head"-hunt`ing, n.
Head-hunter Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Headhunter
Headhunter or head hunter can refer to:
- someone who engages in the cultural practice of headhunting.
- an informal name for an employment recruiter.
- a member of the 1st squadron of the 9th Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army.
- a member of Alpha Company, 980th Engineer Battalion United States Army Reserve.
- headhunter (baseball), a baseball pitcher who aims at a player's head.
- headhunter (boxing), a boxer who only targets punches at his/her opponent's head.
- Headhunter (video game), a video game for Dreamcast and PlayStation 2
- , its sequel for the Xbox and PlayStation 2
- Head Hunters (album), a 1973 Herbie Hancock album.
- The Headhunters, a jazz fusion band founded by Hancock.
- "Headhunter (song)", a Front 242 song from their 1988 album Front by Front.
- The Headhunters (professional wrestling), a professional wrestling tag team.
- Headhunter (Swiss band), a Swiss heavy metal band (founded in 1985).
- Headhunter (German band), a German heavy metal band (founded in 1989).
- Headhunter (Artist), a UK dubstep producer/dj from Bristol
- Headhunters (film), an "in-production" movie that will star Nicole Kidman in 2007.
- Headhunters, nickname of a USAF F-16 fighter squadron at Kunsan Air Base Korea.
- Chelsea Headhunters, a football firm.
- Headhunters (TV series), a 2004 Finnish TV series.
- Headhunter (novel), by Timothy Findley.
- Headhunter (John King novel), by John King.
- Headhunter (Slade), a novel by Michael Slade.
- Headhunter (album), and album by Krokus
- Headhunter Records, a record label
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