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Headhunter or head hunter is someone who engages in the cultural practice of headhunting. It can also refer to:

In economics

• An informal name for an employment recruiter, sometimes referred to as executive search.

In the military

• A common nickname or call sign for a headquarters in the US military
• A member of the 1^st squadron of the 9th Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army.
• A member of Alpha Company, 980th Engineer Battalion United States Army Reserve.
• Headhunters, nickname of a USAF F-16 fighter squadron at Kunsan Air Base Korea.

In sports

• Headhunter (baseball), a baseball pitcher who aims at a player's head.
• Headhunter (boxing), a boxer who only targets punches at his/her opponent's head.
• The Headhunters (professional wrestling), a professional wrestling tag team.
• Chelsea Headhunters, a football firm.

In video games

• Headhunter (video game), a video game for DreamCast and PlayStation 2
  • Headhunter Redemption, its sequel for the Xbox and PlayStation 2
• An announcement in the video game Unreal Tournament 2004 after the player has performed 25 headshots.
• Troll headhunter, a playable unit type in the Warcraft games modification server and forums

In music

• Head Hunters, a 1973 Herbie Hancock album.
• The Headhunters, a jazz fusion band founded by Hancock.
• "Headhunter (song)", a Front 242 song from their 1988 album Front by Front.
• "Headhunters", an 808 State song from their 1988 album Newbuild.
• Headhunter (Swiss band), a Swiss heavy metal band (founded in 1985).
• Headhunter (album), an album by Krokus.
  • "Headhunter", a song on that album
• Headhunter Records, a record label.
• The Kentucky Headhunters, a country rock band.
• The Headhunterz are a professional DutchDJ team.

In TV/film

• Headhunters (TV series), a 2004 Finnish TV series.

In literature

• Headhunter (novel), by Timothy Findley.
• Headhunter (John King novel), by John King.
• Headhunter (Slade), a novel by Michael Slade.

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