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Webster 1913 Edition


Marauder

Ma-raudˊer

,
Noun.
[From
Maraud
,
Verb.
: cf. F.
maraudeur
.]
A rover in quest of booty or plunder; a plunderer; one who pillages.
De Quincey.

Webster 1828 Edition


Marauder

MARAUD'ER

,
Noun.
A rover in quest of booty or plunder; a plunderer; usually applied to small parties of soldiers.

Definition 2024


marauder

marauder

English

Noun

marauder (plural marauders)

  1. Someone who moves about in roving fashion looking for plunder.
    a band of marauders
  2. A band of outlaws who raid and pillage.
  3. By extension anything which marauds.

Translations


French

Etymology

From maraud + -er.

Verb

marauder

  1. (intransitive) to pilfer
  2. (intransitive) to prowl

Conjugation