Definitions for poacher

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poacher poach·er

Spelling: [poh-cher]

IPA: /ˈpoʊ tʃər/

Poacher is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 243 anagrams from letters in poacher (acehopr).

Definitions for poacher

noun

1. a person who trespasses on private property, especially to catch fish or game illegally.
2. Also called sea-poacher. any of several slender, marine fishes of the family Agonidae, found chiefly in deeper waters of the North Pacific, having the body covered with bony plates.
3. a pan having a tight-fitting lid and metal cups for steaming or poaching eggs.
4. any dish or pan used for poaching food, especially a baking dish for poaching fish.

Origin of poacher

First recorded in 1660-70; poach¹ + -er¹

Examples for poacher

"I—I reckon we'll call it Providence, all the same," said the poacher.

A poacher had observed the occurrence and alarmed the inhabitants of the village.

Perhaps she recognised in him a faint resemblance to Macquart the poacher.

Instead, he finds a poacher, raises his rifle, and fires a lethal blast.

"Why, it's the story of the poacher that she's telling us," he whispered.

A boy kills a poacher, whereupon his father and grandfather argues about what to do.

Well, well, so you've found the poacher and brought her with you, eh?

"Ay, I thought it was a poacher," interrupted Standish dryly.

Into the poacher's eyes there crept his habitual shifty smile.

The poacher was bought in his shell—for £3—did I not name that price?