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Besieger

noun
1.
An enemy who lays siege to your position.
2.
An energetic petitioner.





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"Besieger" Quotes from Famous Books



... of sacredness about his very frivolity, and a soft touch of piety in his sentiment. To share such a life, to commune hourly with a spirit so semi-angelic, seemed an almost religious ambition. The spirit of a Crusader, half-heaven, half-earth, fired the gentle breast of the besieger till Jerusalem ...
— Modern Women and What is Said of Them - A Reprint of A Series of Articles in the Saturday Review (1868) • Anonymous
... himself up, ran round to the other side of the fort, and finding Harold and the other large boys among the defenders, each engaged in a hand to hand scuffle with a besieger, so that only little Walter was left to oppose him, again leaped over the barrier, seized the flag, leaped back and sped away toward the house waving it in triumph and shouting, "Hurrah! victory ...
— Christmas with Grandma Elsie • Martha Finley


Words linked to "Besieger" :   petitioner, suppliant, supplicant, besiege, foeman, foe, opposition, enemy, requester


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