"plunderer" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-plunderer.wav [US] Forms: plunderers [plural]
Etymology: From plunder + -er. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|plunder|-er|text=+|tree=1}} From plunder + -er. Head templates: {{en-noun}} plunderer (plural plunderers)
  1. One who plunders or pillages. Hypernyms: criminal, thief Hyponyms: pirate, ranger Related terms: looter Translations (one who plunders): грабител (grabitel) [masculine] (Bulgarian), plenitel [masculine] (Czech), pillard [masculine] (French), लुटेरा (luṭerā) [masculine] (Hindi), fosztogató (Hungarian), argthóir [masculine] (Irish), bradach [masculine] (Irish), creachadóir [masculine] (Irish), díbheargach [masculine] (Irish), foghlaí [masculine] (Irish), scriostóir [masculine] (Irish), sladaí [masculine] (Irish), sladaire [masculine] (Irish), expīlātor [masculine] (Latin), praedātor [masculine] (Latin), raptor [masculine] (Latin), kaipāhua (Māori), kaipāhuahua (Māori), چاپولجی (çapulcu) (Ottoman Turkish), پلاچقهجی (plaçkacı) (Ottoman Turkish), plieniteľ [masculine] (Slovak), saqueador [masculine] (Spanish), mporaji (Swahili)

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      "lang_code": "sw",
      "sense": "one who plunders",
      "word": "mporaji"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "lang_code": "ota",
      "roman": "çapulcu",
      "sense": "one who plunders",
      "word": "چاپولجی"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "lang_code": "ota",
      "roman": "plaçkacı",
      "sense": "one who plunders",
      "word": "پلاچقهجی"
    }
  ],
  "word": "plunderer"
}

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