trespasser
- noun
- /ˈtrɛspæsər/
- I saw a whole lot of trespassers up there," he said.
Now my learned opponent says all fetuses are not trespassers.
- Now my learned opponent says all fetuses are not trespassers.
Examples
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You are a trespasser in my poppy fields.
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The signs clearly state that trespassers will be prosecuted.
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That person is a trespasser, an innocent trespasser.
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Do I hear trespassers on my property?
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I realized how Yolunda must have felt seeing me in her yard, a trespasser in her private world.
Fiction book (2002) -
We don't like trespassers here.
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We got a trespasser.
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Then I felt territorial, willing to confront this trespasser and tell him I had first dibs.
Fiction book (1994) -
The watchman's whistle was his only defense against trespassers and thieves.
Fiction book (1991) -
A sticker across the jam notifies potential trespassers that this was a crime scene.
Fiction book (1994)
Synonyms
A person who enters a place without permission to steal or harm people
A person who lives in a house or on land without permission
A person who goes into a place or situation where they are not wanted
Antonyms
How Intrusive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word trespasser comes from old parts tres- meaning 'across' and pass meaning 'to go', the same pass you find in passport. So a trespasser is someone who 'goes across' into land or property without permission.