hacker vs linksman

hacker and linksman both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
hacker	Yes	No	No	No
linksman	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, linksman is a hypernym of hacker; that is, linksman is a word with a broader meaning than hacker:

Other hypernyms of hacker include golf player, golfer.

hacker (noun)	linksman (noun)
one who works hard at boring tasks	someone who plays the game of golf
a programmer for whom computing is its own reward; may enjoy the challenge of breaking into other computers but does no harm
someone who plays golf poorly