Definition of Decoyer

1. n. One who decoys another.

Definition of Decoyer

1. Noun. One who decoys another. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Decoyer

1. one that decoys [n -S] - See also: decoys

Lexicographical Neighbors of Decoyer

decoupaging
decouplable
decouple
decoupled
decoupler
decouplers
decouples
decoupling
decouplings
decourous
decoy
decoy-duck
decoy-ducks
decoy cells
decoyed
decoyer (current term)
decoyers
decoying
decoyman
decoymen
decoys
decrease
decreased
decreaseless
decreaser
decreasers
decreases

Literary usage of Decoyer

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1878)
"Very different is the case with the decoyer's dog, the piper, so called not from any vocal powers, but from his use in enticing birds into the pipe. ..."

2. Library of Universal Knowledge: A Reprint of the Last (1880) Edinburgh and (1880)
"The decoyer >ften finds it profitable not to attempt the capture of birds when they first ... which very seldom euter the pipes of the decoyer. ..."

3. Fores's Sporting Notes & Sketches. a Quarterly Magazine Descriptive of (1902)
"... this decoyer was satisfied with the accommodation he had provided for himself, and, indeed, such was the attraction of the fun, that, not infrequently, ..."

4. The Word by Harold Waldwin Percival (1912)
"Most people know they cannot get much for little, and yet, when a shrewd decoyer dangles the bait of much value for little, they are likely to ..."

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