marauder

Meanings

nounmarauder (plural marauders)

plural marauders

Someone who moves about in roving fashion looking for plunder.
a band of marauders
1 more example
If she keeps the dog up, the garden is invaded night and day by an army of peregrinating feline marauders that scent the booty from afar.
1914, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados
Any person who or thing which marauds.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounsomeone who attacks in search of booty

Similar

predator vulture piranha

Broader

attacker aggressor assailant

Also see

piranha plunderer predator vulture

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From maraud + -er.

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Translations

Bulgarian мароде́р, мароде́рка

мароде́р (marodér)one who moves about in roving fashion looking for plunder
мароде́рка (marodérka)one who moves about in roving fashion looking for plunder

Catalan basquejador

basquejadorone who moves about in roving fashion looking for plunder

Chinese Mandarin 掠奪者 /掠夺者

掠奪者 /掠夺者 (lüèduózhě)one who moves about in roving fashion looking for plunder

Czech nájezdník

nájezdníkone who moves about in roving fashion looking for plunder

Dutch vagebond

vagebondone who moves about in roving fashion looking for plunder

Finnish rosvo, ryöstelijä

rosvoone who moves about in roving fashion looking for plunder
ryöstelijäone who moves about in roving fashion looking for plunder
rosvoone who or that which marauds

French maraudeur, maraudeuse

maraudeurone who moves about in roving fashion looking for plunder
maraudeuseone who moves about in roving fashion looking for plunder

German Marodeur, Marodeurin

Marodeurone who moves about in roving fashion looking for plunder
Marodeurinone who moves about in roving fashion looking for plunder

Irish creachadóir

creachadóirone who moves about in roving fashion looking for plunder

Italian predone

predoneone who moves about in roving fashion looking for plunder

Japanese 略奪者

略奪者 (ryakudatsusha)one who moves about in roving fashion looking for plunder

Korean 약탈자, 략탈자

약탈자 (yaktalja)one who moves about in roving fashion looking for plunder
략탈자 (ryaktalja)one who moves about in roving fashion looking for plunder

Latvian marodieris

marodierisone who moves about in roving fashion looking for plunder

Polish maruder, maruderka

maruderone who moves about in roving fashion looking for plunder
maruderkaone who moves about in roving fashion looking for plunder

Portuguese predador, salteador

predadorone who moves about in roving fashion looking for plunder
salteadorone who moves about in roving fashion looking for plunder

Russian мародёр, мародёрка

мародёр (marodjór)one who moves about in roving fashion looking for plunder
мародёрка (marodjórka)one who moves about in roving fashion looking for plunder

Spanish merodeador

merodeadorone who moves about in roving fashion looking for plunder

Swedish marodör

marodörone who moves about in roving fashion looking for plunder

Ukrainian мароде́р, мароде́рка

мароде́р (marodér)one who moves about in roving fashion looking for plunder
мароде́рка (marodérka)one who moves about in roving fashion looking for plunder

Welsh herwr

herwrone who moves about in roving fashion looking for plunder

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with marauder

solder lauder applauder

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Cite this entry

APA

marauder. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/marauder

MLA

“marauder.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/marauder. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “marauder,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/marauder.

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