astringer [as-trin-jer] Word Origin noun Falconry.
- a person who trains and flies short-winged hawks, as the goshawk.
Also austringer, ostringer. Origin of astringer 1425–75; late Middle English ostringer, alteration, with intrusive n, as in passenger, of Middle French ostricier, derivative of ostour hawk Medieval Latin auceptor, Latin acceptor, alteration of accipiter accipiter