noun
- a person who recruits employees for companies, especially for executive positions
- a member of a people who traditionally takes and preserves the heads of enemies as trophies
Usage: business
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.