Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hagbutter

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hag-but-ter
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A soldier armed with a hagbut or arquebus.

Example Sentences

"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"
"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."

Etymology

From hagbut + -er.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: hagbut

Inflected Forms

hagbutters (plural) hackbutter (alternative)

Questions

What does hagbutter mean?: A soldier armed with a hagbut or arquebus.
Where does hagbutter come from?: From hagbut + -er.

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