hagbutter
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Noun edit
hagbutter (plural hagbutters)
- A soldier armed with a hagbut or arquebus.
- 1864, James Paterson, History of the Counties of Ayr and Wigton: Carrick:
- 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
- 1937, Robert Gore-Browne, Lord Bothwell and Mary, Queen of Scots: A Study of the Life […] :
- 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.
References edit
“hagbutter”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.