marauder

English

Etymology

maraud + -er.

Noun

marauder (plural marauders)

  1. Someone who moves about in roving fashion looking for plunder.
    a band of marauders
  2. By extension anything which marauds.

Translations


French

Etymology

From maraud + -er, from Middle French maraud (rascal), from Old French *marault (beggar, vagabond), from marir, marrir (to trouble, stray, lose ones way, be lost).

Verb

marauder

  1. (intransitive) to pilfer
  2. (intransitive) to prowl

Conjugation

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