falconer
noun
fal·con·er
ˈfal-kə-nər 
ˈfȯl-
also ˈfȯ-kə-
: a person who breeds, trains, or hunts with hawks
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For reasons that might surprise you, Claire Foy won’t be putting a falconer’s glove back on any time soon.
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Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 12 Nov. 2025
Puryear has skills as a woodworker, a printmaker, a draftsman, and even as a falconer, but his greatest gift as an artist is his ability to keep all these things in play at once.
—Susan Tallman, New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2025
The only move Lazio have made, apart from the sale of Loum Tchaouna to Burnley, was to move out their falconer.
—James Horncastle, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025
The falcon no longer hears the falconer.
—Alaa Alqaisi
august 13, Literary Hub, 13 Aug. 2025
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Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 12 Nov. 2025
Puryear has skills as a woodworker, a printmaker, a draftsman, and even as a falconer, but his greatest gift as an artist is his ability to keep all these things in play at once.
—Susan Tallman, New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2025
The only move Lazio have made, apart from the sale of Loum Tchaouna to Burnley, was to move out their falconer.
—James Horncastle, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025
The falcon no longer hears the falconer.
—Alaa Alqaisi
august 13, Literary Hub, 13 Aug. 2025
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“Falconer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/falconer. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.
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falconer
noun
fal·con·er
ˈfal-kə-nər
ˈfȯl-
also ˈfȯ-
: one who hunts with hawks or trains hawks for hunting
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