The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Falconer \Fal"con*er\, n. [OE. fauconer, OF. falconier, fauconier, F. fauconnier. See Falcon.] A person who breeds or trains hawks for taking birds or game; one who follows the sport of fowling with hawks. --Johnson. [1913 Webster]WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
falconer n 1: a person who breeds and trains hawks and who follows the sport of falconry [syn: falconer, hawker]