falconer

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a person who breeds and trains hawks and who follows the sport of falconry

Etymology

From Middle English fauconer, from Old French falconer, fauconer, from faucon (“falcon”).

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Synonyms

hawker

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