marauder

[muh-raw-der]

noun

1. someone who travels around plundering or pillaging.

   China built its famous Great Wall to keep out marauders from the steppes.

Word History and Origins

Origin of marauder¹

maraud ( def. ) + -er ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

The marauders beat and slashed to death all the males in a neighboring colony and subjugated the breeding females, essentially annihilating an entire community.

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She believes she’s as capable as Joel to confront Cordyceps-infected monsters or undisciplined marauders, enemies she believes she knows.

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Raskin and his band of marauders kept snapping, kept living in the face of their counterparts.

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He was hesitant and fearful of the young marauder.

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He is only looking out for himself, seeking food and petrol to keep moving, but he stumbles on a commune of survivors hiding out in an oil refinery, and helps protect them from violent marauders.

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