piller

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piller¹

Where it comes from

Partly from Anglo-Norman pilour, from Old French piller (“to plunder”) (more at pillage)

noun pillers · pyllour

  1. obsolete A plunderer or thief. Thenne he horsed his bretheren ageyne and sayd bretheren ye oughte to be ashamed to falle so of your horses / What is a Knyght but whan he is on horsbak / I sett not by a knyght whanne he is on foote / for all batails on fote ar but pelowres batails / For there shold no Knyghte syghte on foote / but

piller²

noun pillers

  1. pronunciation spelling Pronunciation spelling of pillow "What are you layin' on your good bed in the daytime for, messin' up the feathers, and dirtyin' the pillers with your dusty boots?"

Piller³

Rhymes with -ɪlə(ɹ)

proper noun Pillers

  1. A surname.

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"piller." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/piller. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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piller. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/piller

Chicago

"piller." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/piller.

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@misc{piller_2026,
  title = {piller},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/piller},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}