pickeer

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verb

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

OriginFrench picorer ← Latin pecoris →
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Meanings

verbpickeer (third-person singular simple present pickeers, present participle pickeering, simple past and past participle pickeered)

present singular third person pickeers · participle present pickeering · participle past pickeered · past pickeered

  1. obsoleteTo make a raid for booty; to maraud or loot.
  2. obsoleteTo skirmish in advance of an army.

Origin

  1. Latinpecoris“cattle”
  2. Frenchpicorer“to go marauding, originally to steal cattle”
  3. Englishpickeer

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

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APA

pickeer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pickeer

MLA

“pickeer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pickeer. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pickeer,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pickeer.

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