poacher

poacher

English

Etymology

poach +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpoʊ.t͡ʃɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpəʊ.tʃə/

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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 Wikipedia:Goal poacher.
   • 2011 January 16, Saj Chowdhury, “Sunderland 1 - 1 Newcastle”, in BBC‎:

     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.

4. Any of type of fish in the family Agonidae, also known as alligatorfish, starsnout, hooknose and rockhead.
5. (US, dialect) The American wigeon.

Derived terms

• poacher turned gamekeeper
• poacher's pie
• poacher's pot

Related terms

• poaching

Translations

a person who trespasses in order to take game illegally

Arabic: صَيَّاد غَيْر قَانُونِيّ‎ (ṣayyād ḡayr qānūniyy) Armenian: որսագող (hy) (orsagoł) Assamese: চোৰাং চিকাৰী (süraṅ sikari) Bulgarian: бракониер (bg) m (brakonier) Chinese: Mandarin: 偷獵者／偷猎者 (zh) (tōulièzhě) Czech: pytlák (cs) m Danish: krybskytte (da) c Dutch: stroper (nl) m Finnish: salametsästäjä (fi) French: braconnier (fr) m, braconnière (fr) f Georgian: ბრაკონიერი (braḳonieri) German: Wilderer (de) m, Wilddieb (de) m, Freischütz (de) m Hungarian: orvvadász (hu), vadorzó (hu) Italian: bracconiere (it) m Japanese: 密猟者 (みつりょうしゃ, mitsuryōsha) (game), 密漁者 (みつりょうしゃ, mitsuryōsha) (fish) Kazakh: браконьер (brakoner), қаскер (qasker) Lithuanian: brakonierius m Macedonian: лово́крадец m (lovókradec) Maori: kaihaumi Norman: braconnyi m Norwegian: Bokmål: krypskytter m Nynorsk: krypskyttar m Polish: kłusownik (pl) m Portuguese: caçador furtivo m Russian: браконье́р (ru) m (brakonʹjér) Scottish Gaelic: poidsear m Slovak: pytliak m Spanish: (game) cazador furtivo m, (fish) pescador furtivo m, (logging) leñador furtivo m, (logging) talador furtivo m, (usually an adjective) furtivo (es) m, (gathering) recolector furtivo m, reducidor silvestre m, furtivista m Swedish: tjuvskytt c, tjuvjägare (sv) c Ukrainian: браконьє́р (uk) m (brakonʹjér) Volapük: (♂♀) jibiravan (vo), (♂) jibihiravan, (♀) jibijiravan, (♂♀) mifanan, (♂) himifanan, (♀) jimifanan Walloon: bracnî (wa) m, bracniresse f, bracneu (wa) m, afuteu (wa) m Welsh: herwheliwr m

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