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reaver

noun /ˈɹiːvə(ɹ)/

  1. One who reaves; a plunderer, marauder, or pillager.

    where these reavers from hell roam in their errands.

    nobody knows

Where it comes from

From Middle English revere (also revour, reiver, refar, reavere), from Old English rēafere (“reaver; robber; spoiler”), equivalent to reave + -er. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Roower, Dutch rover, German Räuber, Swedish rövare, Icelandic raufari. Compare robber, rover.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry reaver (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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