English Explanatory Dictionary

haggister

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A magpie.

Word forms

haggister haggisters hagester hagister eggiste

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”).

Related words

haggess haggis
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