Definition of Haggard

Haggard

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

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.

A young or untrained hawk or falcon.

A fierce, intractable creature.

A hag.

A stackyard.

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Haggard Quotations

If there ever was a poet for the working class Billy Joe Shaver and Merle Haggard would be my nomination.
David Allan Coe

And I think it's safe to say that the single very impressive figure to me was Merle Haggard.
Warren Zevon

You know, legends are people like Haggard and Jones and Wills and Sinatra. Those people are legends. I'm just a young buck out here trying to keep in that same circle with the rest of 'em.
George Strait

I really like Alan Jackson, in Country Music. I think he's really very, very talented along with George Jones, and Merle Haggard, the same old favorites.
Tanya Tucker

I was mainly influenced by the Carter Family, Jimmie Rodgers, Loretta Lynn, Merle Haggard, and others like Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash.
Iris DeMent

Laughter is ever young, whereas tragedy, except the very highest of all, quickly becomes haggard.
Margaret Sackville

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Haggard Translations

haggard in Italian is consunto, selvaggio
haggard in Spanish is caza, macilento, consumido

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