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plunderer|ˈplʌndərə(r)|
[f. plunder v.2 + -er1. Cf. obs. Du. plunderer (Plantin), G. plünderer.]
One who plunders; a pillager, spoiler, robber.
1647[see plunder n. 2]. 1649Prynne Demurrer to Jews' Remitter 73 One of them formerly a Trooper and Plunderer in Prince Ruperts army. 1675Cocker Morals 34 Learning, not Gold, defies the Plunderer. 1741Middleton Cicero II. vi. 417 The plunderer of all Temples, houses, and the whole City. 1821Clare Vill. Minstr. I. 169 So dont ye [mice] drive your jokes too far, Ye cupboard-plunderers as ye are. 1855Macaulay Hist. Eng. xii. III. 214 Of the [Irish] Roman Catholic peasantry..the majority had enlisted in the army or had joined gangs of plunderers.
Hence ˈplunderess, a female plunderer.
1835Blackw. Mag. XXXVII. 214 The royal plunderess thought that she could thus..procure a warm addition to her nest. |