haggister

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noun

A magpie.

OriginMiddle English *haguster ← Old English *agustre ← Proto-West Germanic *agustrā →
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Meanings

nounhaggister (plural haggisters)

plural haggisters · alternative hagester · alternative hagister · alternative eggiste

  1. UKdialectalrareA magpie.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
magpie

Origin

  1. Proto-West Germanic*agustrā
  2. Old English*agustre
  3. Middle English*haguster
  4. Englishhaggister

From Middle English *haguster, aguster, from Old English *agustre, from Proto-West Germanic *agustrā, *agistrā, variant of *agastrijā (“magpie, woodpecker”); related to West Frisian ekster (“magpie”), Dutch ekster (“magpie”), German Low German Heister, Häster (“magpie”), Swabian Ägerst (“magpie”). Compare also German Elster (“magpie”).

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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