MARAUDER

marauder, predator, vulture, piranha

(noun) someone who attacks in search of booty

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

marauder (plural marauders)

Someone who moves about in roving fashion looking for plunder.

By extension anything which marauds.

Source: Wiktionary


Ma*raud`er, n. Etym: [From Maraud, v.: cf. F. maraudeur.]

Definition: A rover in quest of booty or plunder; a plunderer; one who pillages. De Quincey.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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