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Definition of Pillager
1. Noun. Someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war).
Category relationships: War, Warfare
Specialized synonyms: Buccaneer, Pirate, Sea Robber, Sea Rover
Generic synonyms: Stealer, Thief
Derivative terms: Despoil, Loot, Pillage, Plunder, Plunder, Raid
Definition of Pillager
1. n. One who pillages.
Definition of Pillager
1. Noun. A person who pillages ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pillager
1. one that pillages [n -S] - See also: pillages
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pillager
Literary usage of Pillager
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Records of the Past by Records of the Past Exploration Society (1906)
"On it sleep, according to tribal tradition, over 50 successive pillager rulers,
... pillager INDIAN (PAGAN) CHURCH, FLOWER ISLAND, LAKE SUPERIOR Think of a ..."
2. My Diary North and South by William Howard Russell (1863)
"... "—Laud in the States—Dead level of American society—Return into the Union—American
homes —Across the prairie—White labourers—New pillager—Lake Michigan. ..."
3. A Dictionary of the English Language: Abridged from the American Dictionary by Noah Webster (1833)
"... a pillager. Rift'-y, a. having rifts or fissures. Rifi, '/. a cleft ; ». (.
»r i. in cleave, to bunt open. ..."
4. Chronicles of England, France, Spain, and the Adjoining Countries: From the by Jean Froissart (1857)
"... des Isles : there was also with them » grand pillager from Beam, called the
lord de Lance-plaine. It was from him and the bourg de ..."
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