# pickeer

> English word · Verb

## Definitions
1. To make a raid for booty; to maraud.
2. To skirmish in advance of an army.

## Etymology
From French picorer (“to go marauding, originally to steal cattle”), ultimately from Latin pecoris (“cattle”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/pickeer