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reaver

/ˈɹiːvə(ɹ)/

reaver noun: one who reaves; a plunderer, marauder, or pillager.

Noun

reaver (plural reavers)

  1. One who reaves; a plunderer, marauder, or pillager.
    • nobody knows
      where these reavers from hell roam in their errands.1999, Seamus Heaney, Beowulf, London: Faber and Faber, page 7

Forms of reaver

pluralreavers
alternative formreiver
alternative form (archaic)riever

Origin of reaver

From Middle English revere (also revour, reiver, refar, reavere), from Old English rēafere (“reaver; robber; spoiler”), equivalent to reave + -er. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Roower, Dutch rover, German Räuber, Swedish rövare, Icelandic raufari. Compare robber, rover.

Words that rhyme with reaver

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Questions about reaver

What does reaver mean?
Reaver means one who reaves; a plunderer, marauder, or pillager.
What part of speech is reaver?
Reaver is a noun.
How do you pronounce reaver?
Reaver is pronounced /ˈɹiːvə(ɹ)/.
What is the plural of reaver?
The plural of reaver is reavers.

Words near reaver in the dictionary

  1. reavailed
  2. reavailing
  3. reavails
  4. reave
  5. reaved
  6. reaver
  7. reavers
  8. reaves
  9. Reavill
  10. reaving
  11. reavings

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