What is the meaning of Haggard?

British writer noted for romantic adventure novels (1856-1925.
- synonyms: Rider Haggard, Sir Henry Rider Haggard

Showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering."looking careworn as she bent over her mending"; "her face was drawn and haggard from sleeplessness"; "that raddled but still noble face"; "shocked to see the worn look of his handsome young face- Charles Dickens
- synonyms: careworn, drawn, raddled, worn
Very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold.
- usage: "emaciated bony hands"; "a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys"; "eyes were haggard and cavernous"; "small pinched faces"; "kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration"
- synonyms: bony, cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, pinched, skeletal, wasted

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