marauder

C2 Topic:Crime & Justice
US /məˈrɔː.dɚ/ UK /məˈrɔː.də/
noun Freq #32923

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    a person or member of a group that roams about to raid, steal, or attack

    The caravan hired guards to protect it from marauders.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 noun · a person or member of a... raiderplundererbandit
Opposites
Word family
Forms marauders
Derived forms marauding
Related forms maraudraidplunder

Etymology

From French maraudeur, meaning a raider or plunderer, based on marauder, to go about in search of plunder. English maraud and marauder entered the language with the same military-raiding sense.

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