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invader|ɪnˈveɪdə(r)|
Also 6–7 -or, 7 -our.
[f. invade v. + -er1.]
1. One who invades or enters in a hostile manner.
1549Coverdale, etc. Erasm. Par. Eph. vi. 14 b, They make ready to beate backe the inuader. 1579–80North Plutarch (1676) 972 He..coming upon the Invadors, fought with them, and drave them beyond the Rhine. 1637Bp. Hall Remedy Prophanen. ii. §15. 207 The Tartars..are better invaders of other mens possessions, than keepers of their owne. 1651R. Saunders Plen. Possess. 19 They may resist an Invadour. 1748Anson's Voy. iii. x. 414 It continues exposed..to the ravages of every petty Invader. 1855Macaulay Hist. Eng. xix. IV. 314 Such an army as might be sufficient to repel any invader who might elude the vigilance of her fleets.
fig.1728Young Love Fame v. 2 Nor reigns Ambition in bold man alone; Soft female hearts the rude Invader own.
2. One who intrudes or encroaches.
1637Bastwick Answ. Inform. Sir J. Banks 18 They are invaders of his Prerogative. 1698Fryer Acc. E. India & P. 194 The Moguls are the Invaders of their Liberties and Properties, ruling tyrannically. 1709Steele Tatler No. 76 ⁋1 Every Invader upon his Time, his Conversation, and his Property. 1871Freeman Hist. Ess. i. 39 To see in the great Edward no reckless invader of other men's rights.
b. One who seizes or takes possession.
1651Hobbes Govt. & Soc. xvii. §9. 305 That it may be known by Right to belong to the Receiver, Invader, or Possessour. |