Definitions
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- noun One who trains
pigeons .
Etymologies
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pigeon + -eer
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Examples
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A destitute cage cleaner in the employ of a pigeoneer told me pigeon stories, muezzin stories, and even a couple of fairy tales I had never heard.
A Conversation with Rabih Alameddine, author of The Hakawati 2010
crownshy commented on the word pigeoneer
"A pigeoneer who is boisterous and of a turbulent nature tends to frighten and upset pigeons and thus reduce their effectiveness." - The Homing Pigeon, United States Army Signal Corps, 1945
June 16, 2025