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Definition of Reivers
1. reiver [n] - See also: reiver
Lexicographical Neighbors of Reivers
Literary usage of Reivers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Monks of the West, from St. Benedict to St. Bernard by Charles Forbes Montalembert, Aurélien Courson (1872)
"His prophetic threats against the felons and reivers. — Punishment inflicted upon
the assassin of an exile. — Brigands of royal blood put down by Columba at ..."
2. The Common-place Book of Ancient and Modern Ballad: And Metrical Legendary (1824)
"THE reivers they wad a-stealing gang, To steal sae far frae bame ; And stown ha'e
they the king's daughter, Fair Annie hight by name. ..."
3. The History of Civilisation in Scotland by John Mackintosh (1893)
"mustered an armed force, and proceeded against the reivers and notorious thieves,
and executed justice upon them by seizing and hanging them on the spot, ..."
4. The New Statistical Account of Scotland by Society for the Benefit of the Sons and Daughters of the Clergy (1845)
"So secure did the reivers consider themselves from pursuit, that they did not
use the precaution of setting a proper watch, but entrusted this important ..."
5. Berwick-upon-Tweed: The History of the Town and Guild by John Scott (1888)
"The reivers fled through Foulden and Eddington, where one of the Laird of
Eddington's men told the Englishmen that his master was making ready to help them. ..."
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