Invader

//ɪnˈveɪ.də(ɹ)// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who invades a region.

    "He remarks on the growth of the pretensions of the invaders since the treaty between Alfred and Guthrum which put the Northern warriors only on the same level as the twelf[-]hyndmen, or ordinary thegns."

  2. 2
    someone who enters by force in order to conquer wordnet
  3. 3
    An intruder (especially on someone's privacy).

Synonyms

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encroacherassailantbuttinskyenemygate crasherintruder

Example

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"This is also an invariant of history. Gallic disappeared because Gallic elites were quick to send their children to the Roman school. In the same way, provincial elites later taught their offspring French at the expense of the regional languages. The ruling classes are often the first to adopt the language of the invader. They do the same today with English."

Etymology

From invade + -er.

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