Trespasser Meaning
/ˈtrɛˌspaes/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounOne who trespasses; an interloper.
Sentence Examples
The sign warned that every trespasser would be legally prosecuted.
A trespasser is a person who enters onto land without permission.
The security guard warned the trespasser to leave the private property.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The guard caught a ____ sneaking into the building at night.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The security guard caught a ____ who had accidentally entered the construction site while he was looking for a shortcut today.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree English trespass English -er English trespasser From trespass + -er.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Pilton Yard, the Lynton & Barnstaple headquarters, has been taken over by a fur trading firm, and would-be trespassers to the old engine-shed are turned back by the pungent odour of heaps of carcases."
— 1951 February, “Notes and News: Lynton & Barnstaple Remains”, in Railway Magazine, page 136:
"The human is a land animal, not an aquatic one, and he is therefore a trespasser in the water."
— 1983, Richard Ellis, The Book of Sharks, Knopf, →ISBN, page 16:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The guard caught a ____ sneaking into the building at night.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The security guard caught a ____ who had accidentally entered the construction site while he was looking for a shortcut today.