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Pickeer
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What's The Definition Of Pickeer?Synonyms | Synonyms for Pickeer: Related Terms | Find terms related to Pickeer: See Also | Pickeer In Webster's Dictionary \Pick*eer"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Pickeered}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Pickeering}.] [F. picorer to go marauding, orig., to
go to steal cattle, ultimately fr. L. pecus, pecoris, cattle;
cf. F. picor['e]e, Sp. pecorea robbery committed by
straggling soldiers.]
To make a raid for booty; to maraud; also, to skirmish in
advance of an army. See {Picaroon}. [Obs.] --Bp. Burnet.
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