Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

incursionist

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: in-cur-sion-ist
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who makes an incursion; an invader.

Example Sentences

"Two boats are chartered, regardless of expense. There is no such word as economy in the incursionist's dictionary. Away go the boats, six in one and half a dozen in the other, […]"

Etymology

From incursion + -ist.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: incursion

Inflected Forms

incursionists (plural)

Synonyms

incursor

Questions

What does incursionist mean?: One who makes an incursion; an invader.
Where does incursionist come from?: From incursion + -ist.

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