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MARAUDER

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who attacks in search of booty

Synonyms:

marauder; piranha; predator; vulture

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("marauder" is a kind of...):

aggressor; assailant; assaulter; attacker (someone who attacks)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "marauder"):

moss-trooper (a marauder and plunderer (originally operating in the bogs between England and Scotland))

Derivation:

maraud (raid and rove in search of booty)

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