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Noun: headhunter  'hed,hún-tu(r)
  1. A recruiter of personnel (especially for corporations)
     
  2. A savage who cuts off and preserves the heads of enemies as trophies
    - head-shrinker [informal]

Derived forms: headhunters

Type of: barbarian, recruiter, savage

Encyclopedia: Headhunter

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