Hagbutter
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A soldier armed with a hagbut or arquebus.
"At the foot of the bog there were a number of turf dykes , to which the hagbutters on both sides rode , the one taking possession of the head of them , and the other the foot . Here the firing commenced , the earl's men shooting first"
Example
More examples"At the foot of the bog there were a number of turf dykes , to which the hagbutters on both sides rode , the one taking possession of the head of them , and the other the foot . Here the firing commenced , the earl's men shooting first"
Etymology
From hagbut + -er.
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