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# falconer

«falconer» in Mova's school dictionary: **A person who keeps, trains and flies falcons, hawks or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a falconer, falconers)

### meaning for a pupil

A person who keeps, trains and flies falcons, hawks or other birds of prey, especially to hunt or for displays. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/falconer/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In history, kings and nobles kept falconers to hunt with trained birds; falconry was a sign of high status. Today, falconers give displays at shows and use birds to scare pigeons from airports and buildings. In stories it suggests patience and skill. Phrases: «a falconer's glove», «a falconry display».

### examples

- The falconer wore a thick leather glove. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/falconer/#x1)
- At the show, a falconer flew an owl over our heads. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/falconer/#x2)
- The falconer called the hawk back with a whistle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/falconer/#x3)
- Medieval kings kept falconers at their castles. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/falconer/#x4)
- Some airports hire a falconer to scare birds away. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/falconer/#x5)
- The falconer fed the falcon a piece of meat as a reward. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/falconer/#x6)
- The huntsmen blew their horns, the falconers took their hawks on their wrists, and off they all set out across country till they came to a green hedge. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/falconer/#x7)

### note

Countable. Pronounced «FAL-kon-er» or «FAWL-kon-er». The sport is called falconry. A falconer uses many birds, not just falcons: hawks, eagles and owls too.

### In the corpora

- [Harris's hawks hunt in family groups, which is rare for birds of prey, and they are often trained by falconers.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/34-birds-of-prey-and-owls/15/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «falconer» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/falconer/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.