robber

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Regno Unito//ˈɹɒb.ə(ɹ)//
Stati Uniti//ˈɹɑ.bɚ//

A person who robs.

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1
A person who robs.
2
An animal who robs.
I remember as a boy in my native land the bad name the common magpie (Pica caudata) had as a destroyer of chickens, and a robber of nests.

Etimologia

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *Hrew-? Proto-Indo-European *Hrewp-der. Proto-Germanic *raubōną Frankish *raubōnbor. Late Latin raubāre Old French rober Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin -ātor Old French -eor Old French robeorbor. Middle English robbour English robber Inherited from Middle English robbour, robbere, either directly taken from or from a calque of Old French robeor. Equivalent to rob + -er. Compare reaver (“robber, plunderer”), a native English word derived from Proto-Germanic *raubārijaz that is ultimately of more or less the same composition as robber. And compare rover (“a pirate”), another word of the same composition.

Forme

plurale: robbers

rob · To steal from, especially using force or violence.Rob · A diminutive of the male given names Robert or Robin.ROB · Region of background (in digital images).

robber · A person who robs.

robbery · The act or practice of robbing.Robbie · A diminutive of the male given name Robert, particularly…robbing · robbery

Le pagine vicine — L'ordine alfabetico segue le regole della lingua, non il valore dei byte: un accento distingue soltanto due parole per il resto identiche, e lo spagnolo tratta la Ñ come una lettera a sé.