1. a person who recruits employees for companies, especially for executive positions
Usage: business
2. a member of a people who traditionally takes and preserves the heads of enemies as trophies
Usage: anthropological; historical

Examples

• The headhunter called about a CEO position at a tech startup.
• She works as a headhunter specializing in finance executives.
• The company hired a headhunter to find their new marketing director.
• He was contacted by several headhunters after his promotion.
• The headhunter scheduled interviews with three qualified candidates.
• Anthropologists studied the headhunter tribes of the Amazon.
• Historical accounts describe headhunter practices in certain Pacific islands.