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🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

略奪者

Native Script:日本語

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ryakudatsusha

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Reaver/ˈriːvər/
nounCEFR C2 (Proficient)Top #14500 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"村人たちは略奪者の襲撃に備えました。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A person who plunders, pillages, or raids, especially in a historical or literary context.

    "The coastal village braced itself against the merciless onslaught of the northern reavers."
  2. 2

    One who deprives another of something by force; a robber or despoiler.

    "He viewed the tax collectors as mere legal reavers stripping the peasants of their hard-earned harvest."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Middle English verb 'reifen' or 'reven', originating from the Old English 'rēafian', meaning to plunder, rob, or despoil. Cognate with Old High German 'roubōn' and modern German 'rauben', it historically referred to raiders, pillagers, or plunderers.

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