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 Hagan of TronyHagga’dah (plur. hagga’doth). 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Hagarenes (3 syl.).
 
The Moors are so called, being the supposed descendants of Hagar, Abraham’s bondwoman.   1
        “San Diego … . hath often been seen conquering … . the Hagarene squadrons.”—Cervantes: Don Quixote, part ii. book iv. 6.
 


 Hagan of TronyHagga’dah (plur. hagga’doth). 

 
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