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Webster 1913 Edition
Pickeer
Pick-eer′
,Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Pickeered
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Pickeering
.] [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.] To make a raid for booty; to maraud; also, to skirmish in advance of an army. See
Picaroon
. [Obs.]
Bp. Burnet.
Webster 1828 Edition
Pickeer
PICKEE'R
, v.t.1.
To pillage; to pirate.2.
To skirmish, as soldiers on the outposts of an army, or in pillaging parties.Definition 2024
pickeer
pickeer
English
Verb
pickeer (third-person singular simple present pickeers, present participle pickeering, simple past and past participle pickeered)
- (obsolete) To make a raid for booty; to maraud.
- (obsolete) To skirmish in advance of an army.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Bishop Burnet to this entry?)