piller
piller noun: a plunderer or thief. Also the pronunciation spelling of pillow.
Noun
piller (plural pillers)
- 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 /...1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “xlviij”, in Le Morte Darthur, book X
Proper noun capitalized: Piller
Piller (plural Pillers)
- A surname.
Also used as
piller is also the pronunciation spelling of pillow.
Forms of piller
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | pillers |
| alternative form | pyllour |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Pillers |
Origin of piller
Partly from Anglo-Norman pilour, from Old French piller (“to plunder”) (more at pillage)
Phrases with piller
Words that rhyme with piller
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Questions about piller
- What does piller mean?
- Piller means a plunderer or thief.
- What part of speech is piller?
- Piller can be a noun or a proper noun.
- What is the plural of piller?
- The plural of piller is pillers.
Words near piller in the dictionary
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