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охо́тник за голова́ми — meaning in English

okhotnik za golovami

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English meaning

  • headhunter noun A recruiter who seeks out and approaches skilled professionals, especially executives, to fill jobs at other companies.

Senses

охо́тник за голова́ми is used for these senses in English:

  • bounty hunter A person who catches criminals and brings them to the police in return for a reward.
  • headhunter (anthropology) A person who practises headhunting, the taking and preserving of a person's head after killing them.
  • headhunter (business) One who recruits skilled personnel, especially executive-level ones, for a company.

headhunter — full definition

  1. noun A recruiter who seeks out and approaches skilled professionals, especially executives, to fill jobs at other companies.
  2. noun Historically, a member of a group or tribe that took and kept the heads of enemies as trophies.
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