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deerstealers

deerstealers is the plural of deerstealer.

Meaning of deerstealer

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...

Questions about deerstealers

What is deerstealers the plural of?
Deerstealers is the plural of deerstealer.

Words near deerstealers in the dictionary

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

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