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despoilers

despoilers is the plural of despoiler.

Meaning of despoiler

Noun

despoiler (plural despoilers)

  1. 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

Questions about despoilers

What is despoilers the plural of?
Despoilers is the plural of despoiler.

Words near despoilers in the dictionary

  1. despoilable
  2. despoilation
  3. despoilations
  4. despoiled
  5. despoiler
  6. despoilers
  7. despoiling
  8. despoilings
  9. despoilment
  10. despoilments
  11. despoils

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