Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pickeer

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pic-k-eer
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To make a raid for booty; to maraud or loot.

Obsolete

verb

To skirmish in advance of an army.

Obsolete

Etymology

From French picorer (“to go marauding, originally to steal cattle”), ultimately from Latin pecoris (“cattle”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Military.

Inflected Forms

pickeers (present, singular) pickeering (participle, present) pickeered (participle, past) pickeered (past)

Derived Forms

pickeerer

Questions

What does pickeer mean?
To make a raid for booty; to maraud or loot.
Where does pickeer come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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