falconer

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Recent Examples of falconer 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 This is a rite of passage, and a major time commitment, which many falconers don’t even attempt, choosing instead to buy birds from breeders or capture adults and release them at the end of the season. Nick Kelley, Outdoor Life, 24 July 2025 Other records from old news sources in previous decades are less credible, for the most part, says Lauren McGough a falconer and cultural anthropologist who studies the relationships between humans and eagles. Joshua Rapp Learn, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for falconer
Recent Examples of Synonyms for falconer
Noun
  • Since last spring, on gray days, Staller has been prowling the perimeter of the Gateway tunnel site, by the West Side rail yards, with his giant telephoto lens, like a birder who has lost his way.
    Nick Paumgarten, New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2026
  • So far, there have been bald eagle sightings every day, allowing birders opportunities to spot eagles up close.
    Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 27 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The Fowlers have three children — including a son and daughter who are also Chapman alumni — 10 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren, and divide their time between residences on the East and West Coasts.
    Orange County Register, Orange County Register, 28 Mar. 2017
Noun
  • The nighttime steppe is an army of archers aiming their electric black arrows directly at you.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Jan. 2026
  • The film’s narrative kicks into gear when the legendary sun-shooting archer vanishes during a mission to rescue the dying sun, prompting Chang Er to embark on a perilous journey to the moon’s dark side alongside an earthbound bandit who crash-lands into her world.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 12 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Among her favorite adventures has been finding a company in Singapore that picks you up in the sidecar of colorful Vespas and takes you to local spots like hawker markets and alleys with vintage shops.
    Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Yeo’s character, a beer supplier at a hawker centre, is an immigrant woman who arrives in the lives of a father and son, embodying the film’s central tension between belonging and estrangement.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 16 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Even though trapping itself isn’t painful to the animal, some anti-trappers and hunters are uncomfortable with the idea of an animal being captive, or experiencing fear when the trapper arrives to check the trap.
    Skye Goode, Outdoor Life, 29 Jan. 2026
  • His final accents came via dark shades and a fluffy black trapper hat.
    Christina Perrier, InStyle, 16 Jan. 2026

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“Falconer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/falconer. Accessed 28 Feb. 2026.

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