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robber

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English

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English robbour, robbere, either directly taken from or from a calque of Old French robeor. Equivalent to rob + -er.

Compare reaver (robber, plunderer), a native English word derived from Proto-Germanic *raubārijaz that is ultimately of more or less the same composition as robber. And compare rover (a pirate), another word of the same composition.

Pronunciation

Noun

robber (plural robbers)

  1. (crime) A person who robs.
  2. An animal who robs.
    • 1907, Frederick William D'Evelyn, “Slaughter of Blue Jays”, in The Condor, volume 9, number 2:
      I remember as a boy in my native land the bad name the common magpie (Pica caudata) had as a destroyer of chickens, and a robber of nests.

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Middle English

Noun

robber

  1. alternative form of robbour

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French rober.

Verb

robber

  1. (transitive) to pillage; to plunder
  2. (transitive) to steal; to pinch

Conjugation

  • Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
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Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

robber

  1. present of robbe

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