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- DictionaryPoach·er/ˈpōCHər/
noun
- 1. a person who hunts or catches game or fish illegally.
- 2. a small spiny fish which has an armor of overlapping plates and lives chiefly in cooler coastal waters.
: a covered pan containing a plate with depressions or shallow cups in each of which an egg can be cooked over steam rising from boiling water in the bottom of the pan. 2. : a baking dish in which food (such as fish) can be poached. Examples of poacher in a Sentence. Recent Examples on the Web. Noun.
POACHER definition: 1. someone who catches and kills animals illegally: 2. in football, a forward who scores a lot…. Learn more.
Poaching is the illegal hunting or capturing of wild animals, usually associated with land use rights. [1] [2] Poaching was once performed by impoverished peasants for subsistence purposes and to supplement meager diets. [3] It was set against the hunting privileges of nobility and territorial rulers. [4]
Poacher definition: a person who trespasses on private property, especially to catch fish or game illegally.. See examples of POACHER used in a sentence.
(especially British English) a person who has changed from one situation or attitude to the opposite one, especially somebody who used to oppose people in authority but is now in a position of authority. See poacher in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Check pronunciation: poacher.
A poacher is someone who breaks the law to hunt or fish. If you see someone hunting deer in a state park that's got "No Hunting" signs posted on trees, that person is a poacher.
poacher. noun [ C ] uk / ˈpəʊtʃə r/ us. Add to word list Add to word list. someone who illegally catches or kills animals. (Definition of poacher from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)