PICKEERS

Verb

pickeers

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pickeer

Anagrams

• speckier

Source: Wiktionary


PICKEER

Pick*eer", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Pickeered; p. pr. & vb. n. Pickeering.] Etym: [F. picorer to go marauding, orig., to go to steal cattle, ultimately fr. L. pecus, pecoris, cattle; cf. F. picorée, Sp. pecorea robbery committed by straggling soldiers.]

Definition: To make a raid for booty; to maraud; also, to skirmish in advance of an army. See Picaroon. [Obs.] Bp. Burnet.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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