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单词 rifler
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Brit. /ˈrʌɪflə/, /ˈrʌɪfl̩ə/, U.S. /ˈraɪf(ə)lər/
Forms: Middle English rifeler, Middle English rifelor, Middle English rifflere, Middle English riflere, Middle English riflowr, Middle English ruyfler, Middle English ryfeler, Middle English ryfelowre, Middle English ryflar, Middle English ryflor, Middle English ryflowre, 1500s–1700s riffler, 1500s– rifler, 1600s– rifeler.
Origin: Probably of multiple origins. Probably partly a borrowing from French. Probably partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: French ryflour ; rifle v.1, -er suffix1.
Etymology: Probably partly (in early use) < Anglo-Norman ryflour (14th cent.), Middle French rifleur, riffleur robber, thief (late 15th cent.; < Anglo-Norman ryffler , rofler , rufler , rufeler , Anglo-Norman and Middle French rifler , riffler rifle v.1 + -eur -eur suffix), and partly < rifle v.1 + -er suffix1. Compare post-classical Latin riflator , rifliator (from 1327 in British sources), riflerius (after 1341 in a British source). Compare also rifling n.1
1. A robber, a plunderer, 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
a1350 Ann. St. Paul's in W. Stubbs Chron. Reigns Edward I & Edward II (1882) I. 321 Praedones appellabuntur ‘Riffleres’.
a1400 in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ (1845) II. 121 (MED) [Death is] Riche mannis riflowr, Povere mannis purveyowr, Old mannis somenowr, Prowd mannis mirowr.
c1400 (?a1387) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Huntington HM 137) (1873) C. vii. 316 (MED) Roberd the ryfeler [v.r. riflere] on reddite lokede.
Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 433 Ryflowre [Winch. Ryfelowre], depredator, spoliator.
c1475 (c1399) Mum & Sothsegger (Cambr. Ll.4.14) (1936) iii. l. 197 Wolde þey..repreue robbers and riffleris of peple.
c1500 (?a1475) Assembly of Gods (1896) 688 Robbers, reuers, rauenouse ryfelers.
1591 R. Greene Second Pt. Conny-catching sig. Bv In Prigging Law. The towler, the Rifler.
1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Raffatore, a rifler.
1644 F. Quarles Loyall Convert 15 Cromwell, that profest defacer of Churches..and Rifeler of the Monuments of the dead.
1706 T. Betterton Amorous Widow iii. 30 If she dare be False to her Marriage Vows, she dies: And that base Rifler of her Fame shall bear her Company.
1750 T. Carte Gen. Hist. Eng. II. 379 The riflers..committed depredations on the most irreproachable persons, when any booty was to be got.
1832 G. Long Brit. Mus. Egyptian Antiq. I. iv. 172 The cover was found in digging for the entrance into the tomb on the outside, where it had been carried by some former rifler of the sepulchre.
1888 Times 24 Sept. 4/3 Its ancient fame and wealth have in all periods attracted riflers who have left but little for the gleaners of to-day.
1955 V. W. von Hagen Highway of Sun ix. 150 He had been, he confessed, a rifler of tombs.
1991 D. Winslow Cool Breeze on Underground i. 11 Neal was confused. Generally speaking, people whose pockets have been rifled don't buy lunch for the rifler.
2. A hawk that rifles (rifle v.1 4). Obsolete.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > hawking > action of hawk > [noun] > other actions
checkc1430
tiringc1450
rifler1486
canceleer1599
coast1614
gurgiting1614
raling1618
stooping1653
casta1793
1486 Bk. St. Albans sig. leaf aviiv As ofte as he doos so he Riflith; therfore such hawkys been called Rifeleres if they doo ofte so.
1607 T. Heywood Woman Kilde with Kindnesse sig. B2v She did discomfite, Some of her feathers, but she brake away, Come, come, your Hawke is but a rifler.
1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor ii, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. III. 25 She's going to prove, after all, nothing better than a rifler.
1820 W. Scott Abbot I. vii. 156 I would rather have a rifler on my perch than a false knave at my elbow.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

riflern.2

Brit. /ˈrʌɪflə/, /ˈrʌɪfl̩ə/, U.S. /ˈraɪf(ə)lər/
Forms: see rifle n.3 and -er suffix1.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: rifle n.3, -er suffix1.
Etymology: < rifle n.3 + -er suffix1. Compare earlier rifleman n.
= rifleman n. 1. Now rare.
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society > armed hostility > warrior > armed man > [noun] > one armed with or using firearm > one bearing or using handgun > rifle
hunter1753
rifleman1764
rifler1775
shirtman1775
jäger1776
yager1804
rifle shot1826
bersagliere1862
1775 S. Cooper Diary 27 Aug. in Amer. Hist. Rev. 6 318 Dr. Appleton abroad p.m. saw 120 Riflers f'm Maryland on their March to the Camp.
1776 McIntosh in J. Sparks Corr. Amer. Revol. (1853) I. 169 The two armed vessels..were attacked by parties of riflers ordered for that purpose.
1807 J. Barlow Columbiad v. 195 Morgan in front of his bold riflers towers.
1915 J. M. Hammond Quaint & Hist. Forts N. Amer. 294 A company of mounted riflers arrived at the post overland from Fort Leavenworth.
2002 J. P. Jones Three Across Northern Plains xv. 195 They were riflers. All had .44 Winchesters, oiled and polished.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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