headhunter | sense examples, Usage and Definition from wordnet dictionary online

Noun headhunter has 2 senses

headhunter - a recruiter of personnel (especially for corporations)
--₁ is a kind of recruiter
headhunter, head-shrinker - a savage who cuts off and preserves the heads of enemies as trophies
--₂ is a kind of savage, barbarian

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