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marauder noun

Definition of marauder
: one who roams from place to place making attacks and raids in search of plunder : one that marauds
Residents … are literally up in arms over seven robberies by hooded, armed men who have broken into homes to terrorize and plunder. Politicos and a legion of border lawmen are clamoring to stop the marauders.
— Jill Mastrull
'You neglect your duties as a father,' she complained. 'What if a Norman marauder had come in the night and snatched me away? … '
— Tom Harper
In 1653, another Hollander, Peter Stuyvesant, built a river-to-river wooden wall to ward off marauders.
— Abby Rand
The brushtail possum is a relentless marauder that invaded New Zealand from Australia. Listed among the world's 100 most-invasive species, it is one of New Zealand's worst pests.
— John Pickrell

First Known Use of marauder
1698, in the meaning defined above

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“Marauder.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/marauder. Accessed 5 Apr. 2022.

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Ihre Suche im Woerterbuch nach marauder ergab folgende Treffer:

ma­ro­die­ren
schwaches Verb – als Nachzuegler einer Truppe pluendern …


ma­ro­de
Adjektiv – 1. erschoepft, ermattet; 2. heruntergekommen, ruiniert, abgewirtschaftet

Pluenderer

Bedeutung
maennliche Person, die pluendert, gepluendert hat


Synonyme zu Pl;nderer und Pl;nderin
Einbrecher, Einbrecherin, Raeuber, Raeuberin