1. people who surround a place with armed forces in order to capture it or force surrender

Examples

• The besiegers surrounded the castle for three months.
• Food supplies ran low as the besiegers blocked all trade routes.
• The city’s walls held strong against the determined besiegers.
• Medieval besiegers often used catapults to break down fortress walls.
• The besiegers finally retreated when reinforcements arrived.
• Historians studied the tactics used by the besiegers during the famous siege.