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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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