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Webster 1913 Edition

Hackster

Hack′ster

(-stẽr)
,
Noun.
[From
Hack
to cut.]
A bully; a bravo; a ruffian; an assassin.
[Obs.]
Milton.

Webster 1828 Edition

Hackster

HACK'STER

,
Noun.
A bully; a ruffian or assassin.

Definition 2024

hackster

hackster

English

Noun

hackster ‎(plural hacksters)

  1. (obsolete) A bully; a ruffian; an assassin.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Milton to this entry?)

Etymology

hack ‎(“to cut”) +‎ -ster

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