Marauder

//məˈɹɔdɚ// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Someone who moves about in roving fashion looking for plunder.

    "a band of marauders"

  2. 2
    someone who attacks in search of booty wordnet
  3. 3
    Any person who or thing which marauds.

Example

More examples

"Hunger, however, was ever on hand; then he had to become a marauder; dig some potatoes, and cook them in a corner of a wood, or pilfer the orchards."

Etymology

From maraud + -er.

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