marauder

American  

[muh-raw-der] / məˈrɔ dər /

noun

1. someone who travels around plundering or pillaging.

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

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Etymology

Origin of marauder

maraud ( def. ) + -er ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

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

From Salon

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

From BBC

He was hesitant and fearful of the young marauder.

From BBC

That’s easy to forget with all the marauders and rotting flesh stumbling around, unless love is the point, as it is in “The Ones Who Live.”

From Salon

If zoomers are delicate snowflakes, alphas are the opposite — a horde of marauders chasing Drunk Elephant beauty products.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• bandit
• looter
• robber