Definition of "huntsman"

Although they do not make webs, female huntsmans at least have not lost the ability to produce silk.

1985, Living Australia, Dangerous Australians: The Complete Guide to Australia's Most Deadly Creatures‎, page 111

The majority of desert-dwelling spiders are large burrowing spiders; the Barking Spiders Selenoeosmia stirlingi, mouse spiders, wolf spiders (Fig. 5.47), huntsmen and trapdoor spiders (Fig. 5.48).

1995, Anne Kerle, Ayers Rock, the Olgas & Kings Canyon, Northern Territory‎, page 129

to say trapdoors and huntsmans

2002, John Kinsella, “The Wasps”, in Divinations: Four Plays

Two huntsmen spiders prowl Harry′s bedroom ceiling.

2012, Carrie Tiffany, Mateship with Birds, Pan Macmillan Australia, unnumbered page