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ROBBERS
Noun
robbers
plural of robber
Source: Wiktionary
ROBBER
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. (Zoƶl.) (a) A purse crab. (b) Any hermit crab.
– Robber fly. (Zoƶl.) Same as Hornet fly, under Hornet.
– Robber gull (Zoƶl.), a jager gull.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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