Besieger
[bɪ'sidʒɚ]
Definition
(noun.) an enemy who lays siege to your position.
(noun.) an energetic petitioner.
Edited by Lenore--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) One who besieges; -- opposed to the besieged.
Typed by Hector
Examples
- But it may be seriously questioned whether in the aggregate Edison's visitors are less numerous or less time-consuming than his epistolary besiegers. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- At this moment the besiegers caught sight of the red flag upon the angle of the tower which Ulrica had described to Cedric. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- We the besiegers were in the comparison little affected by these evils. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- He aided in the defense of his native city against the Roman s in 212 B.C,and devised war-engines with which to repel the besiegers. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
Typist: Sanford