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Hagar definition

Ha·gar (hā′gär′, -gər)

noun

  1. a feminine and masculine name
  2. Bible a concubine of Abraham and slave of Abraham's wife Sarah

Etymology: Heb Hāghār, lit., prob. fugitive < ? base akin to Ar hajara, to forsake: see hegira

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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