pickeer

[ pik-eer ]

/ pɪkˈɪər /

verb (used without object) Obsolete.

to engage in skirmishes in advance of troops of an army.

to reconnoiter; scout; survey.

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Origin of pickeer

1635–45; < Dutch pikeeren, variant of pikereien < French picorée < Spanish pecorea pillaging, literally, cattle-raiding, verbid of pecorear to carry off cattle, derivative of Latin pecus cattle

Words nearby pickeer

pickaroon, pickax, pickaxe, picked, picked over, pickeer, pickens, picker, picker-upper, pickerel, pickerel frog