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besieger

noun

Etymology

From besiege + -er.

  1. inherited from besegen
  2. suffixed as besieger — “besiege + er”

Definitions

  1. A person who besieges.

    • For a time, it was the only Royalist stronghold between London and Exeter, but it fell at last when a member of the garrison turned traitor and admitted the Parliamentary besiegers who destroyed it with gunpowder.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA