haggis

name

1. A surname.

   “Primarily seen as a publicity vehicle for late-year releases, the awards show and its promoters have lately made pretensions to Oscar oracling: Jamie Foxx won the “breakthrough actor of the year” prize for “Ray” in 2004, after all, and Paul Haggis and his ensemble cast were honored for “Crash” four months before it won best picture.”

noun

Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

1. plural of haggi (“one who has participated in a hajj”) (alternative spelling of hajjis).