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Definition of Plunderer
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 Plunderer
1. n. One who plunders or pillages.
Definition of Plunderer
1. Noun. One who plunders or pillages. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Plunderer
1. one that plunders [n -S] - See also: plunders
Lexicographical Neighbors of Plunderer
Literary usage of Plunderer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Memoirs of the Legal, Literary, and Political Life of the Late the Right by William O'Regan (1817)
"The Cornish plunderer, intent on spoil, callous to every touch of humanity,
shrouded in darkness, holds out false lights to the. tempest-tost vessel, ..."
2. The Home and Foreign Review (1864)
"Every one who is fair-haired, vengeful, large; and every plunderer;78 every
musical person ; the professors of musical anil entertaining performances who ..."
3. Sermons of the Rev. James Saurin: Late Pastor of the French Church at the Hague by Jacques Saurin (1836)
"... a murderer, a slanderer, a plunderer of the fortune, and a destroyer of the
life of his neighbour, or, what is worse than either, a murderer of his ..."
4. The Poetical Works of Robert Southey by Robert Southey (1845)
"... whence it Rooted, no insect fed, no bird awoke Their echoes, save the Eagle,
strong of wins, A lonely plunderer, that afar Sought in the vales his prey. ..."
5. A Dictionary of the Kaffir Language: Including the Xosa and Zulu Dialects by William Jafferd Davis (1872)
"See Uku a. isi BADA, nx A scar on the person. uku BADA, vtx To plunder ; to rob.
i BADA, n x. A plunderer ; a robber. uku ..."
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