haggister

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haggister

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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”).

noun haggisters · hagester · hagister · eggiste

UK, dialectal, rare A magpie.

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@misc{haggister_2026,
  title = {haggister},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/haggister},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}