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English
Etymology
See falconer.
Noun
fawkner (plural fawkners)
- (obsolete) A falconer.
- a. 1631, John Donne, "Loves Diet"
- Now negligent of sports I lye,
And now as other Fawkners use,
I spring a mistresse, sweare, write, sigh and weepe:
And the game kill'd, or lost, goe talk, and sleepe.
Middle English
Noun
fawkner
- alternative form of fauconer