Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

besieger

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: be-sieger
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person who besieges.

Example Sentences

"For a time, it was the only Royalist stronghold between London and Exeter, but it fell at last when a member of the garrison turned traitor and admitted the Parliamentary besiegers who destroyed it with gunpowder."

Etymology

From besiege + -er.

Inflected Forms

besiegers (plural)

Synonyms

sieger

Questions

What does besieger mean?: A person who besieges.
Where does besieger come from?: From besiege + -er.

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