hagbutter

Etymology

From hagbut + -er.

hagbutter means A soldier armed with a hagbut or arquebus. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

noun

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 first”