a person who trains and flies short-winged hawks, as the goshawk
Also: austringer, ostringer
Word origin
[1425–75; late ME ostringer, alter., with intrusive n, as in passenger, of MF ostricier, deriv. of ostour hawk ‹ ML auceptor, L acceptor, alter. of accipiteraccipiter]This word is first recorded in the period 1425–75. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: expression, introduce, survey, track, type