Astringer

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Astringer \As*trin"ger\, n. [OE. ostreger, OF. ostrucier, F.
     autoursier, fr. OF. austour, ostor, hawk, F. autour; cf. L.
     acceptor, for accipiter, hawk.]
     A falconer who keeps a goshawk. [Obs.] --Shak. --Cowell.
     [Written also {austringer}.]
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