10 letters · 17 points in Scrabble
noun someone who enters by force in order to conquer
originEtymology tree English encroach Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English encroacher From encroach + -er.
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