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reiver

/ˈɹiːv(ə)ɹ/

reiver is the archaic form of reaver.

Meaning of reaver

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 reiver

pluralreivers

Words formed from reiver

Words that rhyme with reiver

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Questions about reiver

What is reiver the archaic form of?
Reiver is the archaic form of reaver.
How do you pronounce reiver?
Reiver is pronounced /ˈɹiːv(ə)ɹ/.

Words near reiver in the dictionary

  1. Reitzel
  2. Reitzels
  3. Reitzes
  4. reive
  5. reived
  6. reiver
  7. reivers
  8. reives
  9. reiving
  10. reivings
  11. Reizin

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Adapted from Wiktionary: reiver (page history and authors); reaver (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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