robber
/ˈɹɒb.ə(ɹ)/US/ˈɹɑ.bɚ/
robber noun: a person who robs.
Noun
robber (plural robbers)
- A person who robs.
- An animal who robs.
- I remember as a boy in my native land the bad name the common magpie (Pica caudata) had as a destroyer of chickens, and a robber of nests.1907, Frederick William D'Evelyn, “Slaughter of Blue Jays”, in The Condor, volume 9, number 2
robber meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
robber in Hindi
- one who robs
- डाकू ḍākū, डकैत ḍakait, लुटेरा luṭerā, राहज़न rāhzan, राहजन rāhjan, ग़ारत-गर ġārat-gar
robber in Tamil
- robber, thief
- திருடன் tiruṭaṉ
robber in Marathi
- one who robs
- दरोडेखोर daroḍekhor, डाकू ḍākū, लुटारु luṭāru
robber in Urdu
- one who robs
- ڈاکُو ḍākū, ڈَکَیت ḍakait, غارَت گَر ġārat gar, لُٹیرا luṭerā, راہْزَن rāhzan, رَہْزَن rahzan
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- robber in Bengali
- ডাকাত ḍakat
- robber in Malayalam
- കള്ളൻ
- robber in Kannada
- ಸುಲಿಗೆಕಾರ, ಸುಲಿಗೆಗಾರ, ಸುಲಿಹಕಾರ, ದರೋಡೆಕಾರ
- robber in Gujarati
- લૂંટારો lū̃ṭāro
- robber in Sanskrit
- चोर cora, चोरी corī
- robber in Assamese
- ডকাইত dokait
- robber in Nepali
- डाँका ḍā̃kā
- robber in Arabic
- سَارِق sāriq, سَارِقَة sāriqa, لِصّ liṣṣ, لِصَّة liṣṣa
- robber in Malay
- perompak
- robber in Indonesian
- perampok, begal
- robber in Thai
- โม่ง môong, โจร joon
- robber in Vietnamese
- kẻ cướp, kẻ ăn cướp, cường đạo
- robber in Myanmar
- ပြင်းဟုပ် prang:hup, ဓားပြ dha:pra.
Examples of robber in a sentence
- The bank robbers disbanded after everyone got their cut of the money.
- I just stood frozen in terror as the robber pointed at me with his gun.
- The bank robbers' handloaded shotgun shells used rock salt as the shot.
Forms of robber
| plural | robbers |
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Origin of robber
Inherited from Middle English robbour, robbere, either directly taken from or from a calque of Old French robeor. Equivalent to rob + -er. Compare reaver (“robber, plunderer”), a native English word derived from Proto-Germanic *raubārijaz that is ultimately of more or less the same composition as robber. And compare rover (“a pirate”), another word of the same composition.
Words formed from robber
Phrases with robber
Words that rhyme with robber
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Questions about robber
- What does robber mean?
- Robber means a person who robs.
- What is robber in Hindi?
- Robber in Hindi is डाकू (ḍākū), डकैत (ḍakait), लुटेरा (luṭerā). See Robber meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is robber?
- Robber is a noun.
- How do you pronounce robber?
- Robber is pronounced /ˈɹɒb.ə(ɹ)/ (UK).
- What is the plural of robber?
- The plural of robber is robbers.
Words near robber in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: robber (page history and authors); திருடன் (Tamil) (page history and authors); robber (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); robber (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); લૂંટારો (Gujarati) (page history and authors); ডকাইত (Assamese) (page history and authors); डाँका (Nepali) (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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