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Quotation dates: 1522-1610
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Hakbutar, Hakbut(t)er, n. Also: hakbuttair, hacbut(t)er, halkbutar. [e.m.E. hackbutter (1548).] A harquebusier. 1522 Treasurer's Accounts V. 203.
That all hakbutaris and culverinaris … suld be in Edinburgh … ultimo Augusti1531 Bell. Boece II. 458.
cccc of thaim wer hakbutteris 1545 Corr. M. Lorraine 137.
iijc hakbuttairis on hors 1549 Aberd. B. Rec. I. 269.
Fifty halkbutaris and fifty speir men 1580–81 Edinb. B. Rec. IV. 192.
That ane number of hacbutteris be raisit 1594 Ib. V. 111.
Ane sufficient gaird of hakbuters of the inhabitants of the said toun c1610 Melville Mem. 9.
Provyding that he … send to ther help 2000 hacbuters
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