英和和英

語源

From head +‎ hunter.

発音

• (General American) IPA: /ˈhɛdˌhʌntɚ/

名詞

headhunter (plural headhunters)

1. (anthropology) A person who practises headhunting, the taking and preserving of a person's head after killing them.
   • 1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume I, London: Macmillan and Co., page 84:

     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.

   • 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:

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

2. (business) One who recruits skilled personnel, especially executive-level ones, for a company.

   Near-synonyms: recruiter, talent scout

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

3. (baseball) A pitcher who throws at the batter's head.

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

4. (ice hockey) A player who uses a hockey stick to attempt to strike an opponent's head.

   He is known as a goon and a headhunter.

関連する語

• headhunt
• headhunted
• headhunting

派生した語

• → German: Headhunter m

参考

• (baseball pitching): duster