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hackbuteer

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hack⋅but

  [hak-buht]
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–noun
harquebus.
Origin:
1535–45; earlier hacquebute < MF, var. of ha(r)quebusche < MD hākebusse lit., hookgun; see harquebus

Related forms:
hack⋅but⋅eer  [hak-buh-teer] , noun
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hack·but   (hāk'bŭt')   
n.  See harquebus.

[French haquebute, from Old French hacquebute, alteration (influenced by buter, to aim at) of Middle Dutch hakebus; see harquebus.]
hack'but·eer' (-bə-tîr'), hack'but'ter n.
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