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deerstealer

deerstealer noun: one who steals or illicitly takes a deer, especially in England in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries.

Noun

deerstealer (plural deerstealers)

  1. One who steals or illicitly takes a deer, especially in England in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries.
    • 30. I. [The Same] to Att. Gen. Coventry. Two under keepers of Lord Denney, deerstealers, committed by him to Chelmsford gaol, have escaped […]1859, Calendar of State Papers Domestic Series of the Reign of James 1. Preserved in the State Paper Department of Her Majestyʼs Public Record Office Edited by Mary Anne Everett Green: 1623-1625 with...
    • À propos of the bloodhounds, a good story is told of how they were hunting some deerstealers, and how they came to a check at some cottages by three cross roads — possibly the Robin Hood at the top of Marchington Cliff. […] the deerstealers escaped.1901, James Lowndes Randall, A History of the Meynell Hounds and Country, 1780-1901, page 46

Forms of deerstealer

pluraldeerstealers

Origin of deerstealer

From deer + stealer.

Questions about deerstealer

What does deerstealer mean?
Deerstealer means one who steals or illicitly takes a deer, especially in England in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries.
What part of speech is deerstealer?
Deerstealer is a noun.
What is the plural of deerstealer?
The plural of deerstealer is deerstealers.

Words near deerstealer in the dictionary

  1. deerstalker hat
  2. deerstalker hats
  3. deerstalkered
  4. deerstalkers
  5. deerstalking
  6. deerstealer
  7. deerstealers
  8. deertaur
  9. deertoe
  10. deertoes
  11. deertongue

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