Definition of Hafter

1. n. A caviler; a wrangler.

Definition of Hafter

1. Noun. (obsolete) A caviler; a wrangler. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hafter

1. one that hafts [n -S] - See also: hafts

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hafter

haflis
hafnate
hafnia
hafnian
hafnium
hafniums
hafnon
haft
hafta
haftara
haftarahs
haftaras
haftarot
haftaroth
hafted
hafter (current term)
hafters
hafting
haftorahs
haftoros
haftorot
haftoroth
hafts
hafussi bath
hag-ridden
hag-taper
hagadic
hagadist
hagadists

Literary usage of Hafter

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Three Centuries of English Poetry: Being Selections from Chaucer to Herrick by Rosaline Orme Masson (1877)
"4 To keep him from picking, it was great pain. He gazed upon me with his goatish beard ; When I looked on him, my purse was half afeard. Harry hafter. ..."

2. History of Middle Tennessee: Or, Life and Times of Gen. James Robertson by Albigence Waldo Putnam (1859)
"... C.hafter XXII. 1792. WE mean not to be charged with plagiarism by using the language of Judge Haywood as introductory to the chapter of 1792, ..."

3. Notes on the California Reports: Showing the Present Value as Authority of by Charles Theodore Boone, Charles Lawrence Thompson (1906)
"... by the vendor after sale is not constructive notice that he claims title, as against an innocent purchaser of a judgment against him; hafter v. ..."

4. Outlines of Cosmic Philosophy: Based on the Doctrine of Evolution, with by John Fiske (1874)
"... C hafter XI. THE QUESTION STATED. WE have now accomplished our preliminary task of defining and illustrating the scope and methods of Cosmic Philosophy, ..."

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