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Meaning of poacher

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

poacher

Pronunciation:/ˈpəʊ.tʃə//ˈpoʊ.tʃɚ/

noun

Definitions

  1. A person who trespasses in order to take game illegally, one who poaches; a person who illegally takes animals or plants from the wild.

  2. A vessel with shallow cuplike compartments in which eggs are cooked over boiling water

  3. An attacker with good movement inside the penalty box, see Wikipedia:Goal poacher.

  4. Any of type of elongated fish in the family Agonidae, also known as alligatorfish, starsnout, hooknose and rockhead.