HAGBUTTER

Etymology

Noun

hagbutter (plural hagbutters)

A soldier armed with a hagbut or arquebus.

Source: Wiktionary


Hag"but*ter, n.

Definition: A soldier armed with a hagbut or arquebus. [Written also hackbutter.] Froude.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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