falconer

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Recent Examples of falconer 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 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 See All Example Sentences for falconer
Recent Examples of Synonyms for falconer
Noun
  • And in February 2026, two French birders photographed a rusty bush lark in Chad — a species that hadn’t been documented for 94 years.
    Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 8 Apr. 2026
  • 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
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
  • This general sense of anonymity means that users must interact at the level of the avatar, never knowing, for example, whether the elven archer in their group is a teenage girl in Singapore or a senior war veteran in Oklahoma.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 17 Apr. 2026
  • The archer does not mince words, and neither does Ali when dealing with Rue.
    Lisa Stardust, PEOPLE, 12 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The restaurant became a minor sensation—the titular dish is terrific, silken and subtle and rich, but what most stood out was a rotating lineup of specials, mostly hawker-style Malaysian fare, particularly the food of Klang, his parents’ home town, on Malaysia’s western coast.
    Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Bring your pastry to Marine Parade’s public lawns for a lakeside lunch in view of street performers, snack carts and thrill ride hawkers.
    New York Times, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The hike features Bailly Homestead, where fur trapper Joseph Bailly first established his trading post along the Little Calumet River in 1822.
    Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026
  • With traces of the trap titans that paved the way, Kushington’s motivational raps filled his trapper-friendly The Streets Is Yours debut project, which arrived last March.
    Michael Saponara, Billboard, 27 Mar. 2026

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“Falconer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/falconer. Accessed 2 May. 2026.

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