Headhunter

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Headhunter or head hunter can refer to:

• someone who engages in the cultural practice of headhunting.
• an informal name for an employment recruiter.
• 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.
• headhunter (baseball), a baseball pitcher who aims at a player's head.
• headhunter (boxing), a boxer who is conditioned to only target punches at his/her opponent's head. This strategy is usually an offensive flaw, with only a few fighters managing success in the sport by disdaining their opponents' body as a scoring target. The most famous headhunter in boxing is Muhammad Ali. He headhunted with great success, because his skill reached olympian heights.
• Headhunter (video game), a Sega Dreamcast and Playstation 2 video game, followed by a sequel on Xbox and Playstation 2 called Headhunter: Redemption.
• Head Hunters (album), 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.
• The Headhunters (professional wrestling), a professional wrestling tag team.
• Headhunter (Swiss band), a Swiss heavy metal band (founded in 1985).
• Headhunter (German band), a German heavy metal band (founded in 1989).
• Headhunters (film), an "in-production" movie that will star Nicole Kidman in 2007.
• Headhunters, nickname of a USAF F-16 fighter squadron at Kunsan Air Base Korea.
• Chelsea Headhunters, a football firm.
• Headhunters (TV series), a 2004 Finnish TV series.
• Headhunter (novel), by Timothy Findley.
• Headhunter (John King novel), by John King.
• Headhunter (Slade), a novel by Michael Slade.
• Headhunter (album), and album by Krokus