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raveners

raveners is the plural of ravener.

Meaning of ravener

Noun

ravener (plural raveners)

  1. (obsolete) One who, or that which, ravens or plunders.
    • mention is simply of violent men , and of raveners or snatchers1645, John Ball, A Treatise of the Covenant of Grace
  2. (obsolete) A bird of prey.
    • It is a creature of a very deformed shape, monstrous presence, a great ravener, and altogether untameable1635, John Swan, Speculum Mundi

Questions about raveners

What is raveners the plural of?
Raveners is the plural of ravener.

Words near raveners in the dictionary

  1. raveneliaceous
  2. Ravenell
  3. Ravenells
  4. Ravenels
  5. ravener
  6. raveners
  7. ravenest
  8. raveneth
  9. ravenette
  10. ravenettes
  11. Ravenglass

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