ROBBER
robber
(noun) a thief who steals from someone by threatening violence
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
robber (plural robbers)
A person who robs.
Hypernyms
• thief
Hyponyms
• graverobber
• bank robber
• mugger
Source: Wiktionary
Rob"ber, n.
Definition: One who robs; in law, one who feloniously takes goods or money
from the person of another by violence or by putting him in fear.
Some roving robber calling to his fellows. Milton.
Syn.
– Thief; depredator; despoiler; plunderer; pillager; rifler;
brigang; freebooter; pirate. See Thief. Robber crab. (Zoöl.) (a) A
purse crab. (b) Any hermit crab.
– Robber fly. (Zoöl.) Same as Hornet fly, under Hornet.
– Robber gull (Zoöl.), a jager gull.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition