robber
/ˈɹɑ.bɚ/
UK: /ˈɹɒb.ə(ɹ)/
ɹⱭ · bɚ (2 syllables)
English
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Definition
A person who robs.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English robbour, robbere, either directly taken from or from a calque of Old French robeor. Equivalent to rob + -er. Compare reaver (“robber, plunderer”), a native English word derived from Proto-Germanic *raubārijaz that is ultimately of more or less the same composition as robber. And compare rover (“a pirate”), another word of the same composition.
Example Sentences
- "I remember as a boy in my native land the bad name the common magpie (Pica caudata) had as a destroyer of chickens, and a robber of nests."
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