单词 | plunderer |
释义 | plunderern. A person who plunders; a pillager, a looter. ΘΚΠ 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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