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ostringer

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os⋅trin⋅ger

[aw-strin-jer]
–noun
astringer.

as⋅trin⋅ger

[as-trin-jer]
–noun Falconry.
a person who trains and flies short-winged hawks, as the goshawk.


Origin:
1425–75; late ME ostringer, alter., with intrusive n, as in passenger, of MF ostricier, deriv. of ostour hawk < ML auceptor, L acceptor, alter. of accipiter accipiter
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