The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.