pickeer

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(pik ēr)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
pick•eer  (pik ēr),USA pronunciation v.i. [Obs.]
  1. to engage in skirmishes in advance of troops of an army.
  2. 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

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