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PILLAGER

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war)

Synonyms:

despoiler; freebooter; looter; pillager; plunderer; raider; spoiler

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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

stealer; thief (a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it)

Domain category:

war; warfare (the waging of armed conflict against an enemy)

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

buccaneer; pirate; sea robber; sea rover (someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation)

Derivation:

pillage (steal goods; take as spoils)

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