trespasser

CEFRB2

/ˈtrɛˌspaes/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A person who enters someone's property without permission.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    One who trespasses; an interloper.

Examples

  • A trespasser is a person who enters onto land without permission.

  • The security guard warned the trespasser to leave the private property.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
2
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2

Deep Dive

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In context

  • The sign warned that every trespasser would be legally prosecuted.

  • The human is a land animal, not an aquatic one, and he is therefore a trespasser in the water.

  • 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.

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

The guard caught a blank sneaking into the building at night.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

From trespass + -er.