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French
Etymology
From braconner (“to poach”) + -ier.
Pronunciation
Noun
braconnier m (plural braconniers, feminine braconnière)
- poacher
2019, Patricia Huon, “Au Mozambique, les éléphants meurent énormément”, in Libération:«Il y avait beaucoup de sang, raconte Sebastião Saize, debout devant les restes d’une famille d’éléphants tuée par des braconniers il y a deux ans. J’étais à la fois triste et tellement en colère.»- "There was a lot of blood", says Sebastião Saize, standing before the remains of a family of elephants killed by poachers two years ago. "I was both sad and so angry."
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