despoiler
despoiler noun: one who despoils; one who strips by force; a plunderer.
Noun
despoiler (plural despoilers)
- One who despoils; one who strips by force; a plunderer.
- A wild and unreasoning craving for vengeance took possession of Ferris’s soul. Passing by the real despoiler of Angela’s peace, it clamoured like an evil spirit against the man from whom he had received benefits, which his distorted imagination construed into insults.1881, Rosa Campbell Praed, chapter 30, in Policy and Passion
- […] he, who had been the untamable despoiler of their daughters, and thief of their women, their walking prince of darkness!1953, James Baldwin, Go Tell It on the Mountain, New York, N.Y.: Knopf, →OCLC, part 2 (The Prayers of the Saints)
despoiler meaning in Urdu
despoiler in Urdu
- چھین لینے والا, غارت زن, لٹیرا
Forms of despoiler
| plural | despoilers |
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Origin of despoiler
From Middle English dispoyler, dispoylere, equivalent to despoil + -er.
Questions about despoiler
- What does despoiler mean?
- Despoiler means one who despoils; one who strips by force; a plunderer.
- What is despoiler in Urdu?
- Despoiler in Urdu is چھین لینے والا, غارت زن, لٹیرا. See Despoiler meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is despoiler?
- Despoiler is a noun.
- What is the plural of despoiler?
- The plural of despoiler is despoilers.
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