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robber

noun
/ˈɹɒb.ə(ɹ)/UK/ˈɹɑ.bɚ/US

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.

  1. derived from robeor
  2. inherited from robbour

Definitions

  1. A person who robs.

  2. An animal who robs.

    • 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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Derived

camp robber, cradle robber, dog robber, grave robber, robber baron, robber crab, robberess, robberfly, robber fly, robber frog, robber gull, robberish, robberly, robberproof, robber steak, sea-robber

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA