encroacher
Example Sentences
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A staple of any urban transformation is the inevitable clash of old vs. new, the indigenous and the encroacher, the longtime merchants accustomed to a certain culture and the developers driving the change.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 31, 2015
Today, the one notable encroacher on the park's priceless real estate is the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
From Time Magazine Archive
She usually chills the encroacher with a fixed, glassy stare, but sometimes she first tolerates, then welcomes his attentions.
From Time Magazine Archive
In every age and clime we see Two of a trade cannot agree; Each deems the other an encroacher, As sportsman thinks another poacher.
From Fables of John Gay (Somewhat Altered) by Gay, John
The wedded pair must live together, she will think; and shall this hated encroacher find refuge from beggary and vileness under her roof,--be lodged and banqueted at her expense?
From Jane Talbot by Brown, Charles Brockden
