WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
pick•eer
(pik ēr′),USA pronunciation v.i. [Obs.]
- to engage in skirmishes in advance of troops of an army.
- to reconnoiter;
scout;
survey.
- Spanish pecorea pillaging, literally, cattle-raiding, verbid of pecorear to carry off cattle, derivative of Latin pecus cattle
- French picorée
- Dutch pikeeren, variant of pikereien
- 1635–45