hagbutter

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noun

A soldier armed with a hagbut or arquebus.

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Meanings

nounhagbutter (plural hagbutters)

plural hagbutters · alternative hackbutter

  1. A soldier armed with a hagbut or arquebus.

    Supplementing Lord Borthwick's guardianship of the Queen with the chaperonage of one hundred and fifty hagbutters, the Duke left the Castle by night at the head of fifty hagbutters and as many friends as he could collect.

    1937, Robert Gore-Browne, Lord Bothwell and Mary, Queen of Scots: A Study of the Life […]
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    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

    1864, James Paterson, History of the Counties of Ayr and Wigton: Carrick

Origin

From hagbut + -er.

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hagbutter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hagbutter

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“hagbutter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hagbutter. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hagbutter,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hagbutter.

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