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poacher

UK/ˈpəʊ.tʃə//ˈpoʊ.t͡ʃɚ/

poacher noun: a person who trespasses in order to take game illegally, one who poaches; a person who illegally takes animals or plants from the wild.

Noun

poacher (plural 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.2011 January 16, Saj Chowdhury, “Sunderland 1 - 1 Newcastle”, in BBC
    • Cubarsí’s shot bounces awkwardly in front of him but there’s not a lot of power behind it. Merino, a veritable poacher these days, is there first.2026 July 10, Billy Munday, “Spain 2-1 Belgium: World Cup 2026 quarter-final”, in the Guardian, →ISSN
  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).

poacher meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Malayalam and Kannada

poacher in Tamil

அத்துமீறி நுழைபவர், முட்டை வேகவைப்பவர்

poacher in Marathi

a person who trespasses in order to take game illegally
शिकारचोर śikārcor

poacher in Malayalam

വേട്ടയുരുവിനായി അതിക്രമിച്ചു കടക്കുന്നവൻ

poacher in Kannada

ಅತಿಕ್ರಮಣಕಾರ, ಕಳ್ಳಬೇಟೆಗಾರ
More languagesFewer languages
poacher in Assamese
চোৰাং চিকাৰী süraṅ sikari
poacher in Arabic
صَيَّاد غَيْر قَانُونِيّ ṣayyād ḡayr qānūniyy

Examples of poacher in a sentence

  • Gamekeepers oversee a hunting ground to see to the wildlife's welfare and look for poachers.
  • As poachers target elephants with large tusks, the species may be slowly evolving towards tusklessness.
  • The council took punitive measures against poachers.

All 11 example sentences with poacher

Forms of poacher

pluralpoachers

Plural of poacher: poachers

Origin of poacher

From poach + -er.

Words formed from poacher

Questions about poacher

What does poacher mean?
Poacher means a person who trespasses in order to take game illegally, one who poaches; a person who illegally takes animals or plants from the wild.
What is poacher in Tamil?
Poacher in Tamil is அத்துமீறி நுழைபவர், முட்டை வேகவைப்பவர். See Poacher meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is poacher?
Poacher is a noun.
How do you pronounce poacher?
Poacher is pronounced /ˈpoʊ.t͡ʃɚ/ (US).
What is the plural of poacher?
The plural of poacher is poachers.

Words near poacher in the dictionary

  1. poached
  2. poached egg
  3. poached egg daisy
  4. poached eggs
  5. poached up
  6. poacher
  7. poacher turned gamekeeper
  8. poacher's gun
  9. poacher's pie
  10. poacher's pot
  11. poachers

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: poacher (page history and authors); poacher (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); poacher (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); poacher (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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