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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Falconer \Fal"con*er\, n. [OE. fauconer, OF. falconier,
fauconier, F. fauconnier. See Falcon.]
A person who breeds or trains hawks for taking birds or game;
one who follows the sport of fowling with hawks.
--Johnson.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., "one who hunts with falcons" (as a surname from late 12c.), from Old French fauconier "falconer" (Modern French fauconnier), from faucon (see falcon). Meaning "one who keeps and trains hawks" is from early 15c.
Wiktionary
n. A person who breeds or trains hawks or other birds of prey for taking birds or game.
WordNet
n. a person who breeds and trains hawks and who follows the sport of falconry [syn: hawker]
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Location: 42.118908 N, 79.200207 W
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Headwords:
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Wikipedia
Falconer or The Falconer may refer to:
People:
- A person skilled in the art of falconry
- Falconer (surname), a family name
- Falconer Larkworthy (1833–1928), New Zealand banker and financier
- Falconer Madan (1851—1935), librarian of the Bodleian Library of Oxford University
- Charles Falconer, Baron Falconer of Thoroton, a British politician
Places:
- Falconer, New York, United States, a village
- Mount Falconer, Victoria Land, Antarctica
In arts and entertainment:
- The Falconer (Simonds), a bronze sculpture in Central Park, New York City
- The Falconer (Hansen), a bronze sculpture in Portland, Oregon
- Falconer (band), a power metal band from Sweden
- Falconer (album), an album by the band
- Falconer (novel), a novel by John Cheever
- " The Falconer", a recurring sketch on the TV program Saturday Night Live
In the military:
- Air Operations Center, AN/USQ-163 Falconer, a U.S. Air Force weapon system
- Australian contribution to the 2003 invasion of Iraq, codenamed Operation Falconer
- MQM-57 Falconer, a target drone in the Radioplane BTT family
Other uses:
- Falconer School, a boys school in Hertfordshire, England
- The Falconer, a Torrey Pines High School newspaper
Falconer is a Swedish folk/ power metal band from Mjölby, formed in 1999 by the former guitarist of Mithotyn, Stefan Weinerhall. Falconer carry on many of the traditions set by Weinerhall's previous band and play a style of power metal that utilizes folk instrumentation and melody to create a more medieval sound.
Falconer is the self-titled first album by Swedish power metal band Falconer.
Falconer is a 1977 novel by American short-story writer and novelist John Cheever. It tells the story of Ezekiel Farragut, a university professor and drug addict who is serving time in Falconer State Prison for the murder of his brother. Farragut struggles to retain his humanity in the prison environment, and begins an affair with a fellow prisoner.
Time magazine included the novel in its TIME 100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005.
Falconer is a Scottish surname, a sept of Clan Keith and an Anglicized version of the French surname "Fauconnier". In both cases, the name is derived from the occupational name for a trainer of falcons.
People with the surname Falconer:
- Alex Falconer, Scottish Labour Party politician, Member of the European Parliament 1984–1999
- Brian Falconer (born 1933), Australian rules footballer
- Charles Falconer, Baron Falconer of Thoroton (born 1951), British lawyer and politician
- Claire Falconer, Northern Irish actress and painter
- Colin Falconer (disambiguation), multiple people
- Daniel Falconer, movie weapon and armour designer
- Sir David Falconer (1640–1685), Scottish judge
- Deborah Falconer (born 1965), American actress and musician
- Delia Falconer (born 1966), Australian novelist
- Doug Falconer (Canadian football) (born 1952), Canadian professional football player
- Douglas Scott Falconer, British quantitative geneticist
- Duncan Falconer, British SBS commando and author
- Earl Falconer (born 1959), British bass player, member of UB40
- Edmund Falconer (1814–1879), writer and actor
- Elizabeth Falconer (born 1956), American koto player
- Etta Zuber Falconer (1933–2002), American educator and mathematician
- George Falconer (1946–2013), Scottish footballer
- Hugh Falconer (1808–1865), Scottish palaeontologist, geologist and botanist
- Ian Falconer (born 1959), American illustrator and children's book author
- Jacob Falconer (1869–1928), American representative
- Jenni Falconer (born 1976), British television presenter
- John Falconer, British poker player
- John Mackie Falconer (1820–1903), American artist
- Joyce Falconer (born 1969), Scottish actress
- Kenneth Falconer (born 1952), British mathematician
- Kenneth Falconer, pen name of American science fiction author Cyril M. Kornbluth (1923–1958)
- Kyle Falconer (born 1987), Scottish singer
- Pablo Falconer, British reggae producer
- Peter Falconer (born 1943), Australian politician
- Reid Falconer (born 1956), American politician
- Robert Falconer (1867–1943), Canadian academic
- Sandrea Falconer (born 1966) Jamaican Senator and Television Journalist
- Thomas Falconer (1805–1882), English lawyer and traveller
- William Falconer (1732–1769), Scottish poet
- Willie Falconer (born 1966), Scottish footballer
- Algernon Keith-Falconer, 9th Earl of Kintore (1852–1930), brother of Ion Keith Falconer, British politician and colonial governor
- Ion Keith Falconer (1856–1887), brother of Algernon Keith-Falconer, 9th Earl of Kintore, missionary and Arabic scholar
People with the first or middle name Falconer:
- Angus Falconer Douglas-Hamilton (1863–1915), Scottish Lieutenant-Colonel, recipient of the Victoria Cross
- David Falconer Wells (born 1939), professor of theology
- Falconer Madan (1851–1935), British librarian of the Bodleian Library of Oxford University
- Hardy Falconer Parsons (1897–1917), British Second Lieutenant, recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Lyall Falconer Howard (1896–1955), Australian war veteran and businessman
- James Falconer Wilson (1828–1895), American congressman
- Keith Falconer Fletcher (1900–1987), American book dealer
- Paul Falconer Poole (1806–1879), English painter
In Scottish family names:
- Lord Falconer of Halkerton, a title of the Scottish peerage united to the title of Earl of Kintore
- Earl of Kintore, a title of the Scottish peerage united to the title of Lord Falconer of Halkerton.
- Falconer, a sept of Clan Keith
Fictional characters:
- Quellcrist Falconer, a character of Richard Morgan's Takeshi Kovacs series
Usage examples of "falconer".
In the mornings, he could be seen in the yards with his falconers and austringers, swinging lures to bring half-trained birds back to the fist.
The Hawkmaster took Rohain among the sounds of the mewsthe tiny tintinnabulation of bells, the bird-screams and whistles and chatter, the rasping whirr of rousing wings, the talk among the austringers and falconers.
Gorice the King among them with his austringers and falconers and his huntsmen with setters and spaniels and great fierce boar-hounds drawn in a string.
Every maiden was made bondmaid to some wild man, while for those who were women, it was like a Falconer visit that lasted forever.
With the first morning light the men-at-arms mounted their horses and rode toward Doncaster, Richard Wood rode north to seek his needed men-at-arms from Hubert le Falconer, and only Walter Skinner was left horseless and breakfastless in the vale.
She had lost all self-consciousness and now just wanted to know everything she could about Croft Falconer.
She seriously questioned whether anyone could force a discussion on Croft Falconer.
Perhaps immersing herself in her water-colors would help take her mind off Croft Falconer.
Revel, the dancers spinning and gliding in the streets, the falconers displaying the talents of their birds, the tournaments of strength and speed and sword skill waged by men of fighting age, the gleaning remained its most important element, just as it lay at the core of the traveling festivals found in the other kingdoms of the Forelands.
Sir Stephen closed the door after him, then went back to the smoking-room and stood looking down at Falconer, who leant back in his chair with his cigar in his mouth and eyed Sir Stephen under half-closed lids with an expression which had something of mastery and power in it.
Stafford put his back into it as hard as he had done in his racing days, and Maude Falconer leant back and watched him with interest, and something even stronger than interest, in her masked eyes.
Falconers in front, followed by Hirl and Girvan, then Loric and Ranal.
Falconer used his sword to hack at the turf, loosening clods which Tirtha broke away and piled to one side.
Without conscious volition Tirtha moved forward, brushing past the Falconer, her full attention claimed, as if she were indeed ensorceled by those shiny lines which spiraled, outward, becoming more and more distinct.
Although Verity did not share the passion of the true falconer, she found her breath coming short and the hand that held the reins was trembling slightly.