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home invader, n.
Brit. |ˈhəʊm ɪnˌvedə|, U.S. |ˈhoʊm ɪnˌveɪdər|
[‹ home n.1 + invader n.]
1. A member of a foreign force invading one's home nation. rare.
1823Byron Age of Bronze vii. 19 These worst, these home invaders, felt and feel The new Numantine soul of old Castile.
2. Chiefly N. Amer., Austral., and N.Z. (orig. U.S.). A perpetrator of a home invasion; a burglar, an intruder.
1934N.Y. Times 4 Dec. 12/3 (headline) Ingalls home invader held. Jerry Jennings, restaurant worker, captured early Wednesday morning hiding in the apartment of Mrs. Abbot Ingalls..was held yesterday..on a charge of burglary. 1975F. Hohimer (title) The home invaders: confessions of a cat burglar. 1985Chicago Tribune 14 Jan. 5 Rappaport attacked Hendricks' contention that the murders were committed by home invaders. 2001Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.) (Electronic ed.) 16 July There was relief when Hutt police finally arrested a knife-wielding robber and home invader earlier this year. |