poacher
Pronunciation
  • (America) IPA: /ˈpoʊ.tʃɚ/
  • (RP) IPA: /ˈpəʊ.tʃə/
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. (soccer) An attacker with good movement inside the penalty box, see .
  4. Any of type of elongated fish in the family Agonidae, also known as alligatorfish, starsnout, hooknose and rockhead.
  5. (US, dialect) The American wigeon.
Related terms Translations
  • French: braconnier, braconnière
  • German: Wilderer, Wilddieb, Freischütz
  • Italian: bracconiere
  • Portuguese: caçador furtivo
  • Russian: браконье́р
  • Spanish: (game) cazador furtivo, (fish) pescador furtivo, (logging) leñador furtivo, (logging) talador furtivo, (usually an adjective) furtivo, (gathering) recolector furtivo, reducidor silvestre, furtivista



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