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单词 plunderer
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plunderern.

Brit. /ˈplʌnd(ə)rə/, U.S. /ˈplənd(ə)rər/
Forms: see plunder v.2 and -er suffix1.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: plunder v.2, -er suffix1.
Etymology: < plunder v.2 + -er suffix1. Compare Dutch plunderaar (16th cent.; also as †plunderer), German Plünderer, Swedish plundrare (1640), Danish plyndrer.
A person who plunders; a pillager, a looter.
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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > robber > spoiler or plunderer > [noun]
riflera1350
ravenerc1384
pillerc1385
preyerc1390
raptora1398
peelera1425
despoiler1467
spulyierc1475
pillardc1485
ruggerc1485
pollera1513
booty-fellow1530
spoiler1535
caterpillar1541
kitea1556
ransacker?1576
predator1581
lurdan1589
worm1591
scraper1598
pillager?1611
ravager1611
bird of preya1616
depredator1626
plunderer1639
expilator1658
shark1713
depredationist1828
spoliator1831
rapiner1843
ravisher1851
1639 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1871) I. 176 All these in whose possessioun any plundered goods salbe fund..salbe..punished as..plunderares thameselffis.
1656 W. Prynne Short Demurrer to Jewes Remitter 73 One of them formerly a Trooper and Plunderer in Prince Ruperts army.
1675 E. Cocker Morals 34 Learning, not Gold, defies the Plunderer.
1722 D. Defoe Jrnl. Plague Year 212 All manner of presumptuous Rogues, such as Thieves, House-breakers, Plunderers of the Dead, or of the Sick, were duly punish'd.
1741 C. Middleton Hist. Life Cicero II. vi. 417 The plunderer of all Temples, houses, and the whole City.
1791 T. Paine Rights of Man i. 120 William of Normandy..the plunderer of the English nation.
1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel I. 169 So dont ye [mice] drive your jokes too far, Ye cupboard-plunderers as ye are.
1899 E. Martyn Maeve ii. 113 A bandit—a plunderer!
1950 J. Lait & L. Mortimer Chicago: Confidential ii. xxii. 170 We are all familiar with the..plain plunderers and street fighters in all our major cities.
1991 S. Walker Rom. Art (BNC) 12 The plunderer of Corinth did not belong to one of the old noble families of Rome, and attracted numerous sneers from the Roman intelligentsia.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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