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poacher

noun · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /ˈpoʊ.t͡ʃɚ/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpəʊ.tʃə/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: P OW1 CH ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A vessel with shallow cuplike compartments in which eggs are cooked over boiling water.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

An attacker with good movement inside the penalty box, see Wikipedia:Goal poacher.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: ball-games, games, hobbies, lifestyle, soccer, sports

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

Any of type of fish in the family Agonidae, also known as alligatorfish, starsnout, hooknose and rockhead.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

An American wigeon (Anas americana).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, dialectal

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Synonyms: none provided

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6

noun

Meaning 6

small slender fish (to 8 inches) with body covered by bony plates; chiefly of deeper northern Pacific waters

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: sea poacher, sea poker

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: scorpaenoid, scorpaenoid fish

Narrower terms: pogge, armed bullhead, Agonus cataphractus, alligatorfish, Aspidophoroides monopterygius

7

noun

Meaning 7

a cooking vessel designed to poach food (such as fish or eggs)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: cooking utensil, cookware, vessel

8

noun

Meaning 8

someone who hunts or fishes illegally on the property of another

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: appropriator

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English poach Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English poacher From poach + -er.

Across languages

Translations

64 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: صَيَّاد غَيْر قَانُونِيّ (ṣayyād ḡayr qānūniyy) — a person who trespasses in order to take game illegally
  • Armenian: որսագող (orsagoġ) — a person who trespasses in order to take game illegally
  • Assamese: চোৰাং চিকাৰী (süraṅ sikari) — a person who trespasses in order to take game illegally
  • Bulgarian: бракониер (brakonier) — a person who trespasses in order to take game illegally
  • Chinese Cantonese: 偷獵者 /偷猎者 (tau1 lip6 ze2) — a person who trespasses in order to take game illegally
  • Chinese Mandarin: 偷獵者 /偷猎者 (tōulièzhě) — a person who trespasses in order to take game illegally
  • Czech: pytlák — a person who trespasses in order to take game illegally
  • Danish: krybskytte — a person who trespasses in order to take game illegally
  • Dutch: stroper — a person who trespasses in order to take game illegally
  • Finnish: salametsästäjä — a person who trespasses in order to take game illegally
  • French: braconnier — a person who trespasses in order to take game illegally
  • French: braconnière — a person who trespasses in order to take game illegally
  • Georgian: ბრაკონიერი (braḳonieri) — a person who trespasses in order to take game illegally
  • German: Wilderer — a person who trespasses in order to take game illegally
  • German: Wilddieb — a person who trespasses in order to take game illegally
  • German: Wildschütz — a person who trespasses in order to take game illegally
  • Greek: λαθροθήρας (lathrothíras) — a person who trespasses in order to take game illegally
  • Greek: λαθροκυνηγός (lathrokynigós) — a person who trespasses in order to take game illegally
  • Hungarian: orvvadász — a person who trespasses in order to take game illegally
  • Hungarian: vadorzó — a person who trespasses in order to take game illegally
  • Italian: bracconiere — a person who trespasses in order to take game illegally
  • Japanese: 密猟者 (mitsuryōsha) — a person who trespasses in order to take game illegally
  • Japanese: 密漁者 (mitsuryōsha) — a person who trespasses in order to take game illegally
  • Kazakh: браконьер (brakoner) — a person who trespasses in order to take game illegally
  • Kazakh: қаскер (qasker) — a person who trespasses in order to take game illegally
  • Latvian: malumednieks — a person who trespasses in order to take game illegally
  • Latvian: maluzvejnieks — a person who trespasses in order to take game illegally
  • Lithuanian: brakonierius — a person who trespasses in order to take game illegally
  • Macedonian: лово́крадец (lovókradec) — a person who trespasses in order to take game illegally
  • Macedonian: криво́ловец (krivólovec) — a person who trespasses in order to take game illegally
  • Māori: kaihaumi — a person who trespasses in order to take game illegally
  • Marathi: शिकारचोर (śikārcor) — a person who trespasses in order to take game illegally
  • Norman: braconnyi — a person who trespasses in order to take game illegally
  • Norwegian Bokmål: krypskytter — a person who trespasses in order to take game illegally
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: krypskyttar — a person who trespasses in order to take game illegally
  • Polish: kłusownik — a person who trespasses in order to take game illegally
  • Portuguese: caçador furtivo — a person who trespasses in order to take game illegally
  • Russian: браконье́р (brakonʹjér) — a person who trespasses in order to take game illegally
  • Scottish Gaelic: poidsear — a person who trespasses in order to take game illegally
  • Slovak: pytliak — a person who trespasses in order to take game illegally
  • Spanish: cazador furtivo — a person who trespasses in order to take game illegally
  • Spanish: pescador furtivo — a person who trespasses in order to take game illegally
  • Spanish: leñador furtivo — a person who trespasses in order to take game illegally
  • Spanish: talador furtivo — a person who trespasses in order to take game illegally
  • Spanish: furtivo — a person who trespasses in order to take game illegally
  • Spanish: recolector furtivo — a person who trespasses in order to take game illegally
  • Spanish: reducidor silvestre — a person who trespasses in order to take game illegally
  • Spanish: furtivista — a person who trespasses in order to take game illegally
  • Spanish: pishiñero — a person who trespasses in order to take game illegally
  • Swedish: tjuvskytt — a person who trespasses in order to take game illegally
  • Swedish: tjuvjägare — a person who trespasses in order to take game illegally
  • Turkish: kaçak avcı — a person who trespasses in order to take game illegally
  • Ukrainian: браконьє́р (brakonʹjér) — a person who trespasses in order to take game illegally
  • Volapük: jibiravan — a person who trespasses in order to take game illegally
  • Volapük: jibihiravan — a person who trespasses in order to take game illegally
  • Volapük: jibijiravan — a person who trespasses in order to take game illegally
  • Volapük: mifanan — a person who trespasses in order to take game illegally
  • Volapük: himifanan — a person who trespasses in order to take game illegally
  • Volapük: jimifanan — a person who trespasses in order to take game illegally
  • Walloon: bracnî — a person who trespasses in order to take game illegally
  • Walloon: bracniresse — a person who trespasses in order to take game illegally
  • Walloon: bracneu — a person who trespasses in order to take game illegally
  • Walloon: afuteu — a person who trespasses in order to take game illegally
  • Welsh: herwheliwr — a person who trespasses in order to take game illegally
Real reading context

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