poacher

Meaning

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, see Wikipedia:Goal poacher.
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).

Synonyms

sea poker

sea poacher

preyer

prowler

ransacker

ravisher

shark

🦈

snatcher

squatter

steamer

spoliator

armed bullhead

pogge

butcher

swoper

pillager

Translations

braconnier

bracconiere

Wilddieb

Wilderer

stroper

furtivo

pocheuse

caçador furtiu

λαθροθήρας

caçador furtivo

cazador furtivo

agonidé

braconnière

Schwarzfänger

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpoʊ.t͡ʃɚ/

Etymology

From poach + -er.