单词 | harquebutter |
释义 | harquebuttern. Now rare (archaic and historical in later use). A soldier armed with an arquebus. Cf. arquebusier n., hackbutter n. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > armed man > [noun] > one armed with or using firearm > one bearing or using handgun > harquebus hackbutter1522 hackbushier1524 hackbuteer1543 hackbusher1544 harquebutier1548 arquebusier1554 arquebuser1567 harquebutter1577 hackbut1580 hackbutman1805 arcabucero1858 1577 R. Holinshed Chron. II. 1592/2 Manfully assayled by the harquebutters, fiue hundred in number. 1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 980/1 Two hundred harquebutters on horssebacke. 1643 R. Baker Chron. Kings of Eng. iii. 56 Assailed by the Harquebutars. 1721 J. Strype Eccl. Memorials III. lvi. 430 They had three Thousand Harquebutters. 1797 Trans. Royal Irish Acad. 6 Antiquities 26 Hackbutters. i. e. arquebusiers or harquebutters. 1844 J. Miller Lamp of Lothian i. viii. 135 Taking on board a body of harquebutters (men skilled in the use of the arquebuse and pike). 1877 F. S. Stoney Mem. Life & Times R. Sadleir xiii. 111 In a moment Sir Peter Mewtas was upon them with his ‘arquebutters’ (arquebus or matchlock men). 2003 L. Picard Elizabeth's London (2005) xiii. 238 Seven bowmen and eight harquebutters. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1577 |
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