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hagbutters

hagbutters is the plural of hagbutter.

Meaning of hagbutter

Noun

hagbutter (plural hagbutters)

  1. A soldier armed with a hagbut or arquebus.
    • 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 first1864, James Paterson, History of the Counties of Ayr and Wigton: Carrick

Questions about hagbutters

What is hagbutters the plural of?
Hagbutters is the plural of hagbutter.

Words near hagbutters in the dictionary

  1. hagbushes
  2. hagbusses
  3. hagbut
  4. hagbuts
  5. hagbutter
  6. hagbutters
  7. hagden
  8. hagdens
  9. hagdon
  10. hagdons
  11. hagdown

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