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marauder

/məˈɔːdə/mur-AW-dur
/mɚˈɔdɚ/mur-AW-dur

Meaningone who marauds

Common meaning: a raider

Journey through time

  1. Old Frenchmarirsource
  2. Frenchmaraud‘roam or beg’source
  3. Englishmaraud‘roam in search of things to steal’
  4. Englishformed in English from maraudmarauder‘a raider’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from maraud + -er.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), MARAUD, p.353 · scan

Source words

  • marir Old French · source word “act as a rogue”

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