MUGGER
mugger
(noun) a robber who takes property by threatening or performing violence on the person who is robbed (usually on the street)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
mugger (plural muggers)
A street robber.
A person who makes exaggerated faces, as a performance; a gurner.
Etymology 2
Noun
mugger (plural muggers)
A large crocodile, Crocodilus palustris, of southwest Asia, having a very broad wrinkled snout.
Synonyms: marsh crocodile, mugger crocodile, Muggy McCroc
Source: Wiktionary
Mug"ger, n. Also Mug"gar, Mug"gur. [Hind. magar, fr. Skr. makara sea monster.]
Definition: The common crocodile (Crocodilus palustris) of India, the East Indies, etc. It becomes twelve feet or more long.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage; “his roots in Texas go back a long way”; “he went back to Sweden to search for his roots”; “his music has African roots”
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