A robber, a plunderer; a marauder, a raider. Also figurative.
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释义 | the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > robber > sacker, raider, or looter > [noun] (27) reavereOE A robber, a plunderer; a marauder, a raider. Also figurative. forayerc1330 One who forays; a forager, a raider. cateran1371 One of a Highland band; a Highland irregular fighting man, reiver, or marauder. ransackerc1390 A person who scrutinizes or examines something closely. Now rare. depopulatorc1440 A waster, spoiler, devastator. Obsolete. rover1481 A robber; a marauder, a raider. Cf. reaver, n. 1. Obsolete. forager1489 One of a party sent out to gather forage, etc. for an army. †Also a spoiler, ravager. river?a1500 Chiefly Scottish. A robber; a pillager, a plunderer. Obsolete. riderc1550 A mounted bandit or raider; spec. (in the Scottish Borders in the 16th and 17th centuries) a moss-trooper. Cf. rank rider n. at rank, adj. adv.compoun… wight-rider1569 a stout and active horseman; a mounted raider. predour1577 A robber, a plunderer. sacker1589 One who sacks or plunders. harrier1596 One who harries, ravages, or lays waste. boot-haler1600 A marauder, a marauding or foraging soldier; a freebooter; a highwayman, brigand. marauder1698 A person who marauds; a freebooter, a plunderer. poligar1773 A member of a class of marauding outlaws; (hence) a member of a people regarded as having descended from these outlaws. skinner1780 U.S. During the American Revolutionary War: a member of a group of guerrilla fighters, active esp. in Westchester County, New York, nominally… looter1860 One who loots. raider1861 A person who raids or mounts a hostile and predatory incursion; a marauder. Subcategories:— following army (4) — feudal lord (1) — causer of shipwreck or plunderer of wreckage (1) — robber of slain (2) |
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