ravener

English

Etymology

raven +‎ -er

Noun

ravener (plural raveners)

  1. (obsolete) One who, or that which, ravens or plunders.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Gower to this entry?)
  2. (obsolete) A bird of prey.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Holland to this entry?)

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for ravener in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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