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besieger|bɪˈsiːdʒə(r)|
[f. as prec. + -er1.]
One who besieges.
1580Baret Alv. B 570 A besieger, obsessor. 1594T. B. La Primaud. Fr. Acad. 313 Demetrius, surnamed the Besieger. 1633H. Cogan Pinto's Trav. liii. (1663) 209 Permission for the Besieged to converse with the Besiegers. 1709Steele Tatler No. 18 ⁋6 The Besiegers were quiet in their Trenches. 1860Froude Hist. Eng. V. 80 The advanced works of the besiegers were..close to the town. |