Reaver
/ˈriː.vər/noun
A robber, marauder, or violent plunderer.
Did you know?“Reaver” is historically tied to the same Germanic root as “rob,” and its older sense lives on in the brutal image of a person who strips a place bare.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*raubōną
“to rob, plunder, seize by force”
Old English
OE
rēafian
“to rob, plunder, despoil”
Middle English
ME
reven / reeven
“to rob, plunder”
Middle English
ME
revere / revere(n)
“a robber, plunderer”
Modern English
English
reaver
“a robber, marauder”