Marauder
[mə'rɔ:də]
Definition
(v.) A rover in quest of booty or plunder; a plunderer; one who pillages.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Plunderer, ravager, pillager, robber, freebooter, highwayman, brigand, footpad, outlaw, bandit.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Plunderer, invader, rover, free-booter, moss-trooper, filibuster, pillager,guerilla, bushwhacker
ANT:Ranger, guard, sentry, keeper, outpost, marcher
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Examples
- Together we ran to the gardens, but even though we scoured the grounds with the entire guard for hours, no trace could we find of the night marauder. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- In great circles the air craft of the marauders swept lower and lower toward the defending forces of the therns. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Hast thou brought home thy charge, sirrah Gurth, or hast thou left them to robbers and marauders? Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- The hungry army spread itself out in search of supplies until it broke up into mere bands of marauders. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But darkness came on fast, and the paths of the wood seemed but imperfectly known to the marauders. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
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