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BESIEGER

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An enemy who lays siege to your position

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("besieger" is a kind of...):

enemy; foe; foeman; opposition (an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force))

Derivation:

besiege (surround so as to force to give up)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An energetic petitioner

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("besieger" is a kind of...):

petitioner; requester; suppliant; supplicant (one praying humbly for something)

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