different between robber vs rifler

English

Etymology

From Middle English robber, 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 *raub?rijaz that is ultimately of more or less the same composition as robber. And compare rover ("a pirate"), another word of the same composition.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???.b?(?)/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /???b?/
• Rhymes: -?b?(?)

Noun

robber (plural robbers)

1. A person who robs.

Hypernyms

• thief

Hyponyms

• graverobber
• bank robber
• mugger

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Middle English

Alternative forms

• robbour, robbowre, robbere, robour, robbor, robbeour, roboure, rubbere

Etymology

Either directly taken from or from a calque of Old French robeor. Equivalent to robben +? -er. Alternative forms suggest that the term may have originally been directly taken from the Old French term, but then was later broken down into its equivalent Middle English parts.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?r?b?r/

Noun

robber (plural robberes)

1. A robber or burglar; one who steals or thieves.
2. A reaver or looter.

Descendants

• English: robber
• Scots: robber

References

• “robber(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-16.

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French rober, see English rob for more information.

Verb

robber

1. (transitive) to pillage; to plunder
2. (transitive) to steal; to pinch

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

robber

1. present of robbe

English

Etymology

rifle +? -er

Noun

rifler (plural riflers)

1. One who rifles; a robber.

Anagrams

• ferril

Danish

Noun

rifler c

1. indefinite plural of riffel

French

Etymology

From Old French rifler (“to scrape, scratch”), from Proto-West Germanic *r?fil?n via either Frankish *r?ffil?n or Old High German riffilon (“to tear by rubbing”), akin to rip, ripple. Compare Old English geriflian (“to wrinkle”), Old Norse rifa (“to tear, break”).

Verb

rifler

1. (archaic) to flay
2. (archaic) to rub

Conjugation

Derived terms

• rifler la mort

Further reading

• “rifler” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

rifler m or f

1. indefinite plural of rifle

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

rifler f

1. indefinite plural of rifle

Old French

Alternative forms

• riffler, ryffler, rofler, rufler, rufeler

Etymology

Borrowed from Frankish *r?ffil?n (“to scrape, scratch, tear”), from Proto-Germanic *r?fil?n? (“to scrape, scratch, graze”). Alternatively borrowed from Old High German riffil?n of the same origin.

Verb

rifler

1. to scrape off, tear off, flay
2. to plane, shave
3. to plunder, despoil

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. In the present tense an extra supporting e is needed in the first-person singular indicative and throughout the singular subjunctive, and the third-person singular subjunctive ending -t is lost. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Descendants

• Middle French: rifler, riffler
  • French: rifler (archaic)
  • ? Middle French: rafler (“take violently, abruptly remove”) (chiefly game term)
    • French: rafler (informal)
  • Picard: rafleu (Athois)
  • ? Middle French: arafler, arifler (“to scratch, scrape”)
• ? Middle English: riflen, ryflen
  • English: rifle
• ? Old French: *rifle, rufle (“plundering, robbing”)
  • ? Old French: rafle, raffle (“dice game”) [from late 14th c.]
    • Middle French: rafle
      • French: rafle
        • ? German: Raffel
        • ? Swedish: raffel
      • ? Dutch: rafel (archaic)
    • Picard: râfle (Athois)
    • ? Middle English: rafle, raful
      • English: raffle
    • ? New Latin: raffla