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reaver

English

Alternative forms

  • riever (archaic)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -i?v?(r)

Noun

reaver (plural reavers)

  1. One who reaves, a border raider or cattle thief

Synonyms

  • (at sea): see Thesaurus:pirate

Portuguese

Etymology

From re- +? haver.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /??.a?ve(?)/, /?e.a?ve(?)/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /?j??ve?/

Verb

reaver (past participle reavido)

  1. to recover, reacquire

Conjugation

Nonstandard conjugation:

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reiver

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /??i?v(?)?/
  • Rhymes: -i?v?(?)

Noun

reiver (plural reivers)

  1. Alternative form of reaver
    • 1867, John Ruskin, Time and Tide, by Weare and Tyne: Twenty-five Letters to a Working Man of Sunderland on the Laws of Work
      you may retain nearly every moral and manly virtue , and become a heroic rider and reiver, and hero of song

Derived terms

  • border reiver

Anagrams

  • riever, verier

Middle English

Noun

reiver

  1. Alternative form of revere

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