besieger

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noun

A person who besieges.

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Meanings

nounbesieger (plural besiegers)

plural besiegers

  1. A person who besieges.

    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.

    1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 134, about Corfe Castle

    Synonyms: sieger

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA person who besieges.

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sieger

Origin

From besiege + -er.

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APA

besieger. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/besieger

MLA

“besieger.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/besieger. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “besieger,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/besieger.

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