huntress

[ huhn-tris ]

/ ˈhʌn trɪs /

a woman who hunts.

a mare used as a hunting horse.

Origin of huntress

First recorded in 1350–1400, huntress is from the Middle English word hunteresse. See hunter, -ess

See -ess.

The music industry has turned the Cosmo girl into the video vixen and the huntress.

Helen Gurley Brown’s Fashion Sense: the Power of Cleavage |Robin Givhan |August 14, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
"There is no ship like a privateer, and no privateer like the Huntress," he was saying.

The Windy Hill |Cornelia Meigs
We soon reached the scene of my encounter with the huntress.

The Wild Huntress |Mayne Reid
She will never make a huntress—her heart is cast in too soft a mould.

Canadian Crusoes |Catherine Parr Traill

If it might "seem right" to let him wait till the Huntress came by!

Captain January |Laura E. Richards
In pictures she was clothed as a huntress, carried a bow and arrows and wore a crescent in her hair.

Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 |Charles Herbert Sylvester