Associations to the word «Poacher»

Wiktionary

POACHER, noun. A person who trespasses in order to take game illegally, one who poaches.
POACHER, noun. A vessel with shallow cuplike compartments in which eggs are cooked over boiling water
POACHER, noun. (soccer) An attacker with good movement inside the penalty box, see Wikipedia:Goal poacher.
POACHER, noun. Any of type of elongated fish in the Agonidae family, also known as alligatorfish, starsnout, hooknose and rockhead.
POACHER, noun. (US) (dialect) The American wigeon.
POACHER TURNED GAMEKEEPER, noun. (idiomatic) A person who now works against the same people they once supported.

Dictionary definition

POACHER, noun. Someone who hunts or fishes illegally on the property of another.
POACHER, noun. A cooking vessel designed to poach food (such as fish or eggs).
POACHER, noun. Small slender fish (to 8 inches) with body covered by bony plates; chiefly of deeper northern Pacific waters.

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