Rivers
Americannoun
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Larry Yitzroch Loiza Grossberg, 1923–2002, U.S. painter.
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William Halse 1865–1922, English physiologist and anthropologist.
noun
Example Sentences
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The reivers, who were both Scottish and English, operated as far south as the Tees and raided almost as far north as Edinburgh.
From BBC • Sep. 5, 2014
Borderers still feel an intense belonging to their town, thanks to the notorious reivers.
From BBC • Jun. 13, 2013
The reason why the Scottish Borders continues these 'marches of history', and has became known as the 'home of the ridings', is rooted in the wars between Scotland and England, and the badly-behaved Border reivers.
From BBC • Jun. 13, 2013
He thus comes to the reivers with an acute understanding of unsporting behavior.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Border reivers regarded the law with a feeling akin to contempt.
From Border Raids and Reivers by Borland, Robert
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