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 exact origins of the Knights of Ren are unknown, but at some point a gang of dark side-using marauders established themselves in the galaxy’s Unknown Regions, terrorizing the people of the galaxy.

From TechCrunch

Last month, a new marauder descended on Nineveh and the nearby city of Mosul.

From The Daily Beast

In a live TV interview the prime minister called the demonstrators “çapulcu,” which means “looter” or “marauder” in Turkish.

From The Daily Beast

Their wings cuffed the marauder's head in a fashion that confused him.

From Project Gutenberg

One would have supposed that the inhabitants of a castle so fortified might defy the attack of an insect marauder.

From Project Gutenberg

Climbing upon the bars, he yelled furiously at the 70 marauder, expecting to see him vanish like a red streak.

From Project Gutenberg

He was quite unreasonably glad when the plans for a concerted campaign against the marauder so suddenly fell through.

From Project Gutenberg

To make things worse, this long-flanked, long-jawed marauder was no less cunning than fierce.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• bandit
• looter
• robber