marauder

[ muh-raw-der ]

/ məˈrɔ dər /

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noun

someone who travels around plundering or pillaging: China built its famous Great Wall to keep out marauders from the steppes.

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Origin of marauder

maraud + -er²

Words nearby marauder

marathoner, marathon group, Marathonian, Marat, Jean-Paul, maraud, marauder, marauding, maravedi, Marbella, marble, marble cake

How to use marauder in a sentence

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.
Star Wars: How The Knights of Ren Are Different From The Sith|noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)|October 17, 2021|TechCrunch
Last month, a new marauder descended on Nineveh and the nearby city of Mosul.
ISIS Is About to Destroy Biblical History in Iraq|Christopher Dickey|July 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In a live TV interview the prime minister called the demonstrators “çapulcu,” which means “looter” or “marauder” in Turkish.
Smiling Under a Cloud of Tear Gas: Elif Shafak on Istanbul’s Streets|Elif Shafak|June 11, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Their wings cuffed the marauder's head in a fashion that confused him.
The Watchers of the Trails|Charles G. D. Roberts

One would have supposed that the inhabitants of a castle so fortified might defy the attack of an insect marauder.
The Book of Curiosities|I. Platts
Climbing upon the bars, he yelled furiously at the 70 marauder, expecting to see him vanish like a red streak.
The Backwoodsmen|Charles G. D. Roberts
He was quite unreasonably glad when the plans for a concerted campaign against the marauder so suddenly fell through.
Kings in Exile|Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts
To make things worse, this long-flanked, long-jawed marauder was no less cunning than fierce.
Kings in Exile|Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts

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