1. a person who hunts or catches fish illegally on someone else’s property
2. a shallow pan with individual cups used for cooking eggs in simmering water
Usage: cooking

Examples

• The poacher was caught with several deer on the private ranch.
• Game wardens patrol the area to prevent poachers from taking fish illegally.
• The poacher faced heavy fines for hunting without permission.
• She used an egg poacher to make perfect poached eggs for breakfast.
• The park ranger arrested the poacher for trapping birds in the nature preserve.
• His new egg poacher makes four perfectly shaped eggs at once.