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Encroacher

noun
1.
Someone who enters by force in order to conquer.  Synonym: invader.






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"Encroacher" Quotes from Famous Books



... retir'd, and from her features flung The sacred trappings, and her sister's face, Sorrowing and blushing, to the light unveil'd; Then ran to clasp her. She the sight not bore; Her eyes she rais'd not; her dejected brows Bent to the ground; thus by her sister seen, Encroacher on her bed. Her hands still spoke, When oaths she wish'd to utter, and to call Th' attesting gods, her foul disgrace by force To prove accomplish'd. Furious, Procne burns, Nor curbs her ire; her sister's streaming ...
— The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II • Ovid



Words linked to "Encroacher" :   interloper, trespasser, encroach, intruder



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