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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