Meanings
plural trespassers
- One who trespasses; an interloper.
The human is a land animal, not an aquatic one, and he is therefore a trespasser in the water.
1983, Richard Ellis, The Book of Sharks, Knopf, →ISBN, page 161 more example
Pilton Yard, the Lynton & Barnstaple headquarters, has been taken over by a fur trading firm, and would-be trespassers to the old engine-shed are turned back by the pungent odour of heaps of carcases.
1951 February, “Notes and News: Lynton & Barnstaple Remains”, in Railway Magazine, page 136
Synonyms & antonyms
nounsomeone who intrudes on the privacy or property of another without permission
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 侵入者
- 侵入者a person who trespasses
Danish uvedkommende
- uvedkommendea person who trespasses
German Eindringling
- Eindringlinga person who trespasses
Hebrew מַסִּיג גְּבוּל
- מַסִּיג גְּבוּל (masíg gvul)a person who trespasses
Hindi अतिचारी
- अतिचारी (aticārī)a person who trespasses
Japanese 侵入者
- 侵入者 (shinnyuusha)a person who trespasses
Māori kaihaumi
- kaihaumia person who trespasses
Portuguese intruso
- intrusoa person who trespasses
Cite this entry
trespasser. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trespasser
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