"pickeer" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: pickeers [present, singular, third-person], pickeering [participle, present], pickeered [participle, past], pickeered [past]
Etymology: From French picorer (“to go marauding, originally to steal cattle”), ultimately from Latin pecoris (“cattle”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fr|picorer||to go marauding, originally to steal cattle}} French picorer (“to go marauding, originally to steal cattle”), {{der|en|la|pecoris||cattle}} Latin pecoris (“cattle”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} pickeer (third-person singular simple present pickeers, present participle pickeering, simple past and past participle pickeered)
  1. (obsolete) To make a raid for booty; to maraud. Tags: obsolete
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  2. (obsolete) To skirmish in advance of an army. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-pickeer-en-verb-A0pYY9ey Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Military Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 90 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 8 92 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 93 Disambiguation of Military: 28 72

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Alternative forms

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