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Reaver

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Noun
  1. 1
    One who reaves; a plunderer, marauder, or pillager.

    "nobody knows where these reavers from hell roam in their errands."

Etymology

From Middle English revere (also revour, reiver, refar, reavere), from Old English rēafere (“reaver; robber; spoiler”), equivalent to reave + -er. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Roower, Dutch rover, German Räuber, Swedish rövare, Icelandic raufari.

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