Lexic.us

Definition of Robber

1. Noun. A thief who steals from someone by threatening violence.

Definition of Robber

1. n. One who robs; in law, one who feloniously takes goods or money from the person of another by violence or by putting him in fear.

Definition of Robber

1. Noun. A person who robs. ¹

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Definition of Robber

1. one that robs [n -S] - See also: robs

Medical Definition of Robber

1. One who robs; in law, one who feloniously takes goods or money from the person of another by violence or by putting him in fear. "Some roving robber calling to his fellows." (Milton) Synonym: Thief, depredator, despoiler, plunderer, pillager, rifler, brigang, freebooter, pirate. See Thief. Robber crab. A jager gull. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Robber

Literary usage of Robber

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1842)
"robber. I know the sciences of Galileo and Hippocrates, and appease my hunger ... robber. I know the laws of sorcerers, and read the secrets of the scribes. ..."

2. The Knickerbocker; Or, New York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew, Timothy Flint, Washington Irving (1842)
"robber. ' The termination of that affair is always in peace, ... robber. I know the sciences of Galileo and Hippocrates, and appease my hunger with them. ..."

3. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1918)
"49 From where I lay I could see the black, robber 'endeavoring to break the clam-shell by ... So you see this might be called a case of robbing a robber. ..."

4. The Friend of Peace by Noah Worcester, Massachusetts Peace Society (1821)
"But even a robber may be susceptible of the influence of magnanimity and confidence, whether they be real or feigned. What then would be the effect, ..."

5. The Insect Book: A Popular Account of the Bees, Wasps, Ants, Grasshoppers by Leland Ossian Howard (1901)
"The strong, hairy, active, predatory flies, known as robber- flies, form this group. ... Persons engaged in bee culture especially fear these robber-flies, ..."

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