Definitions for haggard
ˈhæg ərdhag·gard

Princeton's WordNet(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Haggard, Rider Haggard, Sir Henry Rider Haggard(adj)

   British writer noted for romantic adventure novels (1856-1925)

2. careworn, drawn, haggard, raddled, worn(adj)

   showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering

   "looking careworn as she bent over her mending"; "her face was drawn and haggard from sleeplessness"; "that raddled but still noble face"; "shocked to see the worn look of his handsome young face"- Charles Dickens

3. bony, cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted(adj)

   very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold

   "emaciated bony hands"; "a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys"; "eyes were haggard and cavernous"; "small pinched faces"; "kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration"

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1. haggard(Noun)

   A stackyard, an enclosure on a farm for stacking grain, hay, etc.

   "He tuk a slew [swerve] round the haggard"

2. haggard(Noun)

   A hunting bird captured as an adult.

   A "haggard" is a bird captured as an adult and therefore of unknown age; often, the law prohibits capturing birds of mating age. Falconry Pro

3. haggard(Adjective)

   Looking exhausted and unwell, in poor condition

4. haggard(Adjective)

   Wild or untamed

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Haggard(adj)

   wild or intractable; disposed to break away from duty; untamed; as, a haggard or refractory hawk

   Etymology: [See Haggard, a.]

2. Haggard(adj)

   having the expression of one wasted by want or suffering; hollow-eyed; having the features distorted or wasted, or anxious in appearance; as, haggard features, eyes

   Etymology: [See Haggard, a.]

3. Haggard(adj)

   a young or untrained hawk or falcon

   Etymology: [See Haggard, a.]

4. Haggard(adj)

   a fierce, intractable creature

   Etymology: [See Haggard, a.]

5. Haggard(adj)

   a hag

   Etymology: [See Haggard, a.]

6. Haggard(noun)

   a stackyard

   Etymology: [See Haggard, a.]

Freebase(2.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Haggard

   Haggard is a German neo-classical metal musical group founded in 1989. The group combines classical music and early music with doom metal.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Haggard

   hag′ard, adj. lean: hollow-eyed: wild, applied to an untrained hawk—(arch.) Hagg′ed.—n. Hagg′ard, a hawk.—adv. Hagg′ardly. [O. Fr. hagard, prob. related to haie, hedge.]

2. Haggard

   hag′ard, n. a stackyard. [Hay-yard.]

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1. haggard

   Song lyrics by haggard -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by haggard on the Lyrics.com website.

How to pronounce haggard?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of haggard in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of haggard in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of haggard in a Sentence

1. Merle Haggard:

   I've never been a guy that can do what Merle Haggard told me, it's always been my nature to fight the system.

2. Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards:

   I can't remember when I haven't listened to Merle Haggard, some of the best songs and best delivery you can get.

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