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Definition of Raider
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
2. Noun. A corporate investor who intends to take over a company by buying a controlling interest in its stock and installing new management.
Definition of Raider
1. n. One who engages in a raid.
Definition of Raider
1. Noun. One who engages in a raid; a plunderer. ¹
2. Noun. (business) A person who takes control of a firm by purchasing a controlling interest of stock. ¹
3. Noun. (military) A special forces operative; a commando. ¹
4. Noun. (military naval) A warship which is light, maneuverable, and fast-moving. ¹
5. Noun. (informal) A person who uncovers evidence of improper behavior within governmental or private organizations. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Raider
1. one that raids [n -S] - See also: raids
Lexicographical Neighbors of Raider
Literary usage of Raider
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The First World War, 1914-1918: Personal Experiences of Lieut.-Col. C. à by Charles à Court Repington (1920)
"... negotiate for peace—General Nivelle replaces General Joffre—The Italian Day
at the Ritz—Mr. Harry Cust on the war—A German raider loose in the Ocean—The ..."
2. From Makin to Bougainville: Marine Raiders in the Pacific War by Jon T. Hoffman (1995)
"The raider commander himself led a patrol to survey the scene and carry out the
demolition of military stores and installations. He counted dead Japanese ..."
3. The Literary Digest History of the World War: Compiled from Original and (1920)
"The German destroyers were older boats, carrying only two 24-pounder THE GERMAN
COMMERCE-raider "EMDEN" Sunk by the Australian warship Sydney off the Cocos ..."
4. Poems and Translations by Frederic Rowland Marvin (1914)
"Before thee now, great Lord of lords, A lonely raider stands — All lives, and
scalps, and horses too, Are in thy mighty hands. ..."
5. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1901)
"... said, What is tliat you lay, lir ? Hath the clocke strucken ? Holes on Du
Bartas, To the raider, Sd page. ..."
6. Andersonville: A Story of Rebel Military Prisons, Fifteen Months a Guest of by John McElroy (1879)
"They all raider FIGHT WTTH ONE OF ELLETT S MARINE BRIGADE. had good tents,
constructed of stolen blankets, and their headquarters was a large, roomy tent, ..."
7. Appletons' Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events (1871)
"... amount of volatile matter in it to raider it slightly inflammable. The other
useful products would be chiefly crude oil, coal-gas, and ji.i-.ni». ..."
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