encroacher (enkrocher)

One who encroaches; one who le ens or limits anything, as a right or privilege, by narrowing its boundaries. Sir John Mason, Treasurer of the Queen's Chamber, a grave and Learned Man, but a great Usurper and En croacher upon Ecclesiastical Livings. Baker , Chronicles, p. 337. The bold encroachers on the deep Gain by degrees huge tracts of land. Swift , Run upon the Bankers, 1720. encroachingly (en-krō'ching-li), adv. By encroachment.