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A person who breeds or trains hawks or other birds of prey for taking birds or game.
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One who follows the sport of fowling with hawks.
Examples of falconer in a Sentence
Falconer's Bampton Lectures in 1811.
The site of Cape Colonna is extolled by Byron, and is the scene of Falconer's "Shipwreck."
Jeremy Paxman's back and talks to Michael Portillo a bit more, with Lord Falconer and Shirley Williams remaining virtual bystanders.
In the mornings, you will often see the resident falconer with a hawk or an owl on his arm.
The Sparrowhawk is, without doubt, an experienced falconer 's prospect.
This would be impossible to achieve with wild birds so we engage a professional falconer with whom we have worked over many years.
Event Description Our expert falconer displays his finest birds in action.
Enjoy the breathtaking scenery of the Leighton estate, guided by our resident falconer.
In 1996 a falconer in Essex claimed to have found a juvenile goshawk on the marshes.
The bird was not wearing jesses which would indicate a falconer's escape.
The result is a unique, often oblique look at the falconer's art over the past 500 years or more.
In the 1950s, Falconer at the Maudsley Hospital described anatomical temporal lobe resection.
For geographical distribution and anatomical characters see Falconer's Palaeontological Memoirs, vol.
Soon after that ended, he met the woman who would be his first wife, Deborah Falconer, who, along with their son Indio, left him in 2004.
Nymphaea Alba William Falconer - A flower of striking color, one of the best dark Water-Lilies.
The public buildings include the town hall, a fine and commodious house on the site of the old tolbooth; the Falconer museum, containing among other exhibits several valuable fossils, and named after Dr Hugh Falconer (1808-1865), the distinguished palaeontologist and botanist, a native of the town; the mechanics' institute; the agricultural and market hall; Leanchoil hospital and Anderson's Institution for poor boys.
He was later promoted to be royal falconer and is said to have afterwards become a servant in the household of Sir Thomas Lovell.
In 1615 he was appointed commander of the Louvre and counsellor, and the following year grand falconer of France.
Meanwhile the researches of Hugh Falconer (1808-1865) and of Proby Thomas Cautley (1802-1871) in the sub-Himalayas brought to light the marvellous fauna of the Siwalik hills of India, published in Fauna antiqua Sivalensis (London, 1845) and in the volumes of Falconer's individual researches.
His first conspicuous success was achieved in 1862 with David Elginbrod, the forerunner of a number of popular novels, which include Alec Forbes of Howglen (1865), Annals of a Quiet Neighbourhood (1866), Robert Falconer (1868), Malcolm (1875), The Marquis of Lossie (1877), and Donal Grant (1883).
David was the youngest of a family of three, two sons and a daughter, who after the early death of the father were brought up with great care and devotion by their mother, the daughter of Sir David Falconer, president of the college of justice.
There is an excellent bibliography by Falconer Madan (1887).
The first copperas factory in England was established at Queenborough in 1579, by Matthias Falconer, of Brabant.
Dr Hugh Falconer with the assistance of a committee of geologists excavated it.