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poacher

  • /ˈpoʊ.t͡ʃɚ/ US
  • /ˈpəʊ.tʃə/ UK

noun poachers

  1. A person who trespasses in order to take game illegally, one who poaches; a person who illegally takes animals or plants from the wild.
  2. A vessel with shallow cuplike compartments in which eggs are cooked over boiling water.
  3. An attacker with good movement inside the penalty box. Regular supplier Barton played in another teasing corner, which was headed on towards goal by the impressive Ameobi and flicked in by expert poacher Nolan.
  4. Any of type of fish in the family Agonidae, also known as alligatorfish, starsnout, hooknose and rockhead.
  5. US, dialectal An American wigeon (Anas americana).

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noun a person who trespasses in order to take game illegally

Españolcazador furtivo, pescador furtivo, leñador furtivo, talador furtivo, furtivo, recolector furtivo
日本語密猟者 mitsuryōsha, 密漁者 mitsuryōsha
中文偷獵者 /偷猎者 tōulièzhě
Portuguêscaçador furtivo
Françaisbraconnier, braconnière
DeutschWilderer, Wilddieb, Wildschütz
Italianobracconiere
Ελληνικάλαθροθήρας lathrothíras, λαθροκυνηγός lathrokynigós
Русскийбраконье́р brakonʹjér
العربيةصَيَّاد غَيْر قَانُونِيّ ṣayyād ḡayr qānūniyy

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@misc{poacher_2026,
  title = {poacher},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/poacher},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}