"piller" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: pillers [plural]
Etymology: Partly from Anglo-Norman pilour, from Old French piller (“to plunder”) (more at pillage) Etymology templates: {{der|en|xno|pilour}} Anglo-Norman pilour, {{cog|fro|piller|t=to plunder}} Old French piller (“to plunder”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} piller (plural pillers)
  1. (obsolete) A plunderer or thief. Tags: obsolete Synonyms: pyllour [15th c.]
    Sense id: en-piller-en-noun-CFDjWzo3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: pillers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} piller (plural pillers)
  1. Pronunciation spelling of pillow. Tags: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Alternative form of: pillow Related terms: black piller, red piller
    Sense id: en-piller-en-noun-FU0HdGUw Categories (other): English pronunciation spellings, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 8 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 99 Disambiguation of Pages with 8 entries: 3 3 3 91 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 2 2 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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