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BESIEGER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does besieger mean?
• BESIEGER (noun)
The noun BESIEGER has 2 senses:
1. an enemy who lays siege to your position
2. an energetic petitioner
Familiarity information: BESIEGER used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An enemy who lays siege to your position
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("besieger" is a kind of...):
enemy; foe; foeman; opposition (an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force))
Derivation:
besiege (surround so as to force to give up)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An energetic petitioner
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("besieger" is a kind of...):
petitioner; requester; suppliant; supplicant (one praying humbly for something)
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