ravagern.

Brit.

/ˈravᵻdʒə/, U.S.

/ˈrævɪdʒər/

Forms: see ravage v. and -er suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: ravage v., -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < ravage v. + -er suffix¹, originally after French ravageur (1578 in Middle French).

A person who or thing which ravages.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > devastation or desolation > one who or that which

wastera1382

harrowerc1450

harrier1596

desolation1608

ravager1611

dispeopler1616

depopulator1623

desolatora1638

vastator1659

havocker1680

devaster1789

devastator1818

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > robber > spoiler or plunderer > [noun]

riflera1350

ravenerc1384

pillerc1385

preyerc1390

raptora1398

peelera1425

despoiler1467

spulyierc1475

pillardc1485

ruggerc1485

pollera1513

booty-fellow1530

spoiler1535

caterpillar1541

kitea1556

ransacker?1576

predator1581

lurdan1589

worm1591

scraper1598

pillager?1611

ravager1611

bird of preya1616

depredator1626

plunderer1639

expilator1658

shark1713

depredationist1828

spoliator1831

rapiner1843

ravisher1851

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Ravageur, a rauager, spoyler, forrayer.

1694 L. Echard tr. Plautus Amphitryon iv. viii, in tr. Plautus Comedies 58 [I] defeated those Ravagers, who had kill'd Electryon, and my Wife's Brothers.

1709 Ld. Shaftesbury Sensus Communis: Ess. Freedom of Wit 72 By a small Misguidance of the Affection, a Lover of Mankind, becomes a Ravager.

1741 S. Richardson Pamela III. xxxii. 226 That very Innocence, which tempts some brutal Ravager to ruin it.

1815 Monthly Mag. 38 500 He sees..in the torrent, now the fertilizer, now the ravager of districts.

1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise I. ii. 670 The ravager of Rome his right hand slew.

1905 Times 10 May 6/2 The ravager is not the moth, but its larvæ.

1961 Modesto (Calif.) Bee & News-Herald 6 Nov. The day of the plunderers and ravagers of the land has been moderated but the exploiters still have their claws out.

2001 16th Cent. Jrnl. 32 880 During her lifetime and long after her death Elizabeth I was alternately hailed as the defender of Protestantism, or the ravager of the English Roman Catholic Church.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ravager
释义	ravagern. Brit. /ˈravᵻdʒə/, U.S. /ˈrævɪdʒər/ Forms: see ravage v. and -er suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: ravage v., -er suffix¹. Etymology: < ravage v. + -er suffix¹, originally after French ravageur (1578 in Middle French). A person who or thing which ravages. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > devastation or desolation > one who or that which wastera1382 harrowerc1450 harrier1596 desolation1608 ravager1611 dispeopler1616 depopulator1623 desolatora1638 vastator1659 havocker1680 devaster1789 devastator1818 the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > robber > spoiler or plunderer > [noun] riflera1350 ravenerc1384 pillerc1385 preyerc1390 raptora1398 peelera1425 despoiler1467 spulyierc1475 pillardc1485 ruggerc1485 pollera1513 booty-fellow1530 spoiler1535 caterpillar1541 kitea1556 ransacker?1576 predator1581 lurdan1589 worm1591 scraper1598 pillager?1611 ravager1611 bird of preya1616 depredator1626 plunderer1639 expilator1658 shark1713 depredationist1828 spoliator1831 rapiner1843 ravisher1851 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Ravageur, a rauager, spoyler, forrayer. 1694 L. Echard tr. Plautus Amphitryon iv. viii, in tr. Plautus Comedies 58 [I] defeated those Ravagers, who had kill'd Electryon, and my Wife's Brothers. 1709 Ld. Shaftesbury Sensus Communis: Ess. Freedom of Wit 72 By a small Misguidance of the Affection, a Lover of Mankind, becomes a Ravager. 1741 S. Richardson Pamela III. xxxii. 226 That very Innocence, which tempts some brutal Ravager to ruin it. 1815 Monthly Mag. 38 500 He sees..in the torrent, now the fertilizer, now the ravager of districts. 1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise I. ii. 670 The ravager of Rome his right hand slew. 1905 Times 10 May 6/2 The ravager is not the moth, but its larvæ. 1961 Modesto (Calif.) Bee & News-Herald 6 Nov. The day of the plunderers and ravagers of the land has been moderated but the exploiters still have their claws out. 2001 16th Cent. Jrnl. 32 880 During her lifetime and long after her death Elizabeth I was alternately hailed as the defender of Protestantism, or the ravager of the English Roman Catholic Church. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1611
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