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plural raveners
- obsoleteOne who, or that which, ravens or plunders.
mention is simply of violent men , and of raveners or snatchers
1645, John Ball, A Treatise of the Covenant of Grace - obsoleteA bird of prey.
It is a creature of a very deformed shape, monstrous presence, a great ravener, and altogether untameable
1635, John Swan, Speculum Mundi
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ravener. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ravener
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