besiegern.
/bɪˈsiːdʒə/ One who besieges.
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society > armed hostility > warrior > attacker > [noun] > besieger or blockader
sieger1533
besiege-layer1538
besieger1574
pursuera1578
assieger1608
beleaguer1611
beleaguerer1628
town-taker1654
blockader1759
investors1870
1574 J. Baret Aluearie B 519 A besieger. Obsessor.
1586 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. I. 332 Demetrius, surnamed the Besieger.
1633 H. Cogan tr. F. M. Pinto Voy. & Adventures (1663) liii. 209 Permission for the Besieged to converse with the Besiegers.
1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 18. ⁋6 The Besiegers were quiet in their Trenches.
1860 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (ed. 2) V. 80 The advanced works of the besiegers were..close to the town.
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