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hackbutter

Hagbutter \Hag"but*ter\ (h[a^]g"b[u^]t*t[~e]r), n. A soldier armed with a hagbut or arquebus. [Written also hackbutter.]
--Froude.

Usage examples of "hackbutter".

The hackbutter, in his haste, dropped something with a small bump and picked it up again.