A person who practices falconry; one who hunts with trained hawks or falcons.
From Middle English 'faucon' (falcon) plus the agent suffix '-er,' with the 'k' likely intrusive or dialectal. The word refers to the medieval and Renaissance practice of hunting with birds of prey.
Falconry was considered one of the most sophisticated arts of medieval aristocracy—'fawkeners' were highly trained specialists whose status rivaled that of knights, and the sport required years of learning to understand hawk behavior and training.
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