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haggister en · NOUN

Etymology

From Middle English *haguster, aguster, from Old English *agustre, from Proto-West Germanic *agustrā, *agistrā, variant of *agastrijā (“magpie, woodpecker”); related to West Frisian ekster (“magpie”), Dutch ekster (“magpie”), German Low German Heister, Häster (“magpie”), Swabian Ägerst (“magpie”). Compare also German Elster (“magpie”).

Meanings

  1. (UK, dialectal, rare) A magpie.

Forms

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eggiste alternative lexicographic
hagester alternative lexicographic
hagister alternative lexicographic
haggisters Number=Plur lexicographic

Relateds

haggess · haggis