Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun poacher

3 senses of poacher

Sense 1
poacher -- (someone who hunts or fishes illegally on the property of another)
       => appropriator -- (someone who takes for his or her own use (especially without permission))

Sense 2
poacher -- (a cooking vessel designed to poach food (such as fish or eggs))
       => cooking utensil, cookware -- (a kitchen utensil made of material that does not melt easily; used for cooking)
       => vessel -- (an object used as a container (especially for liquids))

Sense 3
poacher, sea poacher, sea poker -- (small slender fish (to 8 inches) with body covered by bony plates; chiefly of deeper northern Pacific waters)
       => scorpaenoid, scorpaenoid fish -- (fishes having the head armored with bony plates)