pickeer Meaning, Definition & Usage

Pick*eer" intransitive verb
Etymology
F. picorer to go marauding, orig., to go to steal cattle, ultimately fr. L. pecus, pecoris, cattle; cf. F. picorée, Sp. pecorea robbery committed by straggling soldiers.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Pickeered ; present participle & verbal noun Pickeering
Definitions
  1. To make a raid for booty; to maraud; also, to skirmish in advance of an army. See Picaroon. Obs. Bp. Burnet.

Webster 1913