falconer

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Or become a falconer and have his bird "accidentally" take the drone down.

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a person who breeds and trains hawks and who follows the sport of falconry

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noun

a person who breeds and trains hawks and who follows the sport of falconry

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noun

a person who breeds and trains hawks and who follows the sport of falconry

Example sentences

Or become a falconer and have his bird "accidentally" take the drone down.

" if falconer hadn't asked it, somebody else would have.

In my gmail double life, I'm a falconer, a long-haul truck driver, and like to go on pilgrimages to Scottish golf clubs and to the holy land.

A pleasant surprise to meet another falconer on HN. I flew Harrises and various accipiters.

William Butler Yeats: Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;

Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world

Good stuff, but I admit feeling pain over the way TH White's skin is flayed out for all the world to see. I'd rather think of him as an ignorant would-be falconer, guided by an ancient book that told him nothing about how to achieve a responsive hawk.

Turning and turning in the widening gyreThe falcon cannot hear the falconer;Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhereThe ceremony of innocence is drowned;The best lack all conviction, while the worstAre full of passionate intensity.

Yeats, The Second Coming: Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity.