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Definitions for pickeer
pic·k·eer
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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To Pickeerverb
Etymology: piccare, Italian.
No sooner could a hint appear,
But up he started to pickeer,
And made the stoutest yield to mercy,
When he engag’d in controversy. Hudibras.
Webster Dictionary
Pickeerverb
to make a raid for booty; to maraud; also, to skirmish in advance of an army. See Picaroon
Etymology: [F. picorer to go marauding, orig., to go to steal cattle, ultimately fr. L. pecus, pecoris, cattle; cf. F. picore, Sp. pecorea robbery committed by straggling soldiers.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Pickeer
pi-kēr′, v.i. (obs.) to act as a skirmisher.—n. Pickeer′er.
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
pickeer
To pillage; to pirate. To skirmish, as soldiers on the outpost of an army, or in pillaging parties.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of pickeer in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of pickeer in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
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