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English

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle English robbour, robbere, 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 *raubārijaz that is ultimately of more or less the same composition as robber. And compare rover (“a pirate”), another word of the same composition.

Pronunciation

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  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɹɒb.ə(ɹ)/
    • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɹɑ.bɚ/
  • Rhymes: -ɒbə(ɹ)

Noun

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robber (plural robbers)

  1. (crime) A person who robs.
  2. An animal who robs.
    • 1907, Frederick William D'Evelyn, “Slaughter of Blue Jays”, in The Condor, volume 9, number 2:I remember as a boy in my native land the bad name the common magpie (Pica caudata) had as a destroyer of chickens, and a robber of nests.

Hypernyms

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  • thief

Hyponyms

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  • graverobber
  • bank robber
  • mugger

Derived terms

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  • camp robber (Perisoreus canadensis)
  • cradle robber
  • dog robber
  • grave robber
  • robber baron
  • robber crab (Birgus latro)
  • robberess
  • robberfly
  • robber fly (Asilidae spp.)
  • robber frog (Holoadeninae spp.)
  • robber gull (Stercorariidae spp.)
  • robberish
  • robberly
  • robberproof
  • robber steak
  • sea-robber
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  • rob
  • robbery

Translations

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  • Albanian: grabitës (sq) m, vjedhës (sq) m
  • Arabic: سَارِق (ar) m (sāriq), سَارِقَة f (sāriqa), لِصّ m (liṣṣ), لِصَّة f (liṣṣa)
  • Armenian: ավազակ (hy) (avazak)
  • Azerbaijani: soyğunçu (az)
  • Belarusian: разбо́йнік m (razbójnik), разбо́йніца f (razbójnica)
  • Bengali: ডাকাত (bn) (ḍakat)
  • Bikol Central: Bikol Legazpi: mahabas Bikol Naga: parahabon (bcl)
  • Bulgarian: разбо́йник (bg) m (razbójnik), разбо́йничка f (razbójnička), разбо́йница f (razbójnica)
  • Burmese: ပြင်းဟုပ် (my) (prang:hup), ဓားပြ (my) (dha:pra.)
  • Catalan: lladre (ca) m or f
  • Chinese: Mandarin: 強盜 / 强盗 (zh) (qiángdào), 盜賊 / 盗贼 (zh) (dàozéi)
  • Cornish: lader m, ladres f
  • Czech: zloděj (cs) m, zlodějka (cs) f, lupič (cs) m, lupička f
  • Danish: røver c
  • Dutch: rover (nl) m
  • Egyptian:
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  • Esperanto: rabisto
  • Estonian: röövel
  • Finnish: ryöstäjä (fi), ryöväri (fi)
  • French: brigand (fr) m, bandit (fr) m, braqueur (fr) m
  • Friulian: ladron m
  • Galician: ladrón m, ladroa f, ladra f
  • Georgian: ყაჩაღი (q̇ačaɣi), მძარცველი (mʒarcveli)
  • German: Räuber (de) m, Räuberin (de) f
  • Gothic: 𐍅𐌹𐌻𐍅𐌰 m (wilwa)
  • Greek: ληστής (el) m (listís) Ancient: λῃστής m (lēistḗs), κιξάλλης m (kixállēs)
  • Hebrew: שׁוֹדֵד (he) m (shodéd)
  • Hindi: डाकू (hi) m (ḍākū), डकैत (hi) (ḍakait), लुटेरा (hi) m (luṭerā), राहज़न m (rāhzan), राहजन (hi) m (rāhjan), ग़ारत-गर m (ġārat-gar), दुज़्द m (duzd), दुज्द (hi) m (dujd), सारिक़ m (sāriq), सारिक (hi) m (sārik)
  • Hungarian: rabló (hu)
  • Icelandic: ræningi (is) m
  • Indonesian: perampok (id), begal (id)
  • Irish: ropaire m, robálaí m, gadaí (ga) m
  • Italian: rapinatore (it) m, ladro (it) m, ladrone (it) m
  • Japanese: 盗賊 (ja) (とうぞく, tōzoku), 強盗 (ja) (ごうとう, gōtō)
  • Kazakh: аламан (alaman), баукеспе (baukespe), жортуылшы (jortuylşy), қарақшы (qaraqşy), тонаушы (tonauşy)
  • Khmer: ចោរ (km) (cao), លុម្បក (km) (lumbɑk)
  • Korean: 강도(強盜)(强盜) (ko) (gangdo)
  • Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: talanker (ku), şelîner (ku), rêbirr (ku), korsan (ku), eşqiya (ku), heydûd (ku), nijdevan (ku), çete (ku), rêgir (ku)
  • Kyrgyz: талоончу (ky) (talooncu), каракчы (ky) (karakcı)
  • Lao: ຄົນຂີ້ລັກ (khon khī lak), ຄົນລັກຂອງ (khon lak khǭng), ໂຈນ (chōn)
  • Latin: lātrō (la) m, lātrunculus m, latroncula
  • Latvian: laupītājs m
  • Lithuanian: plėšikas (lt) m
  • Macedonian: разбојник m (razbojnik), разбојничка f (razbojnička)
  • Malay: perompak
  • Manx: roosteyr m
  • Maori: māhurehure, keiā, kaiā, whānako, tāhae
  • Marathi: दरोडेखोर m (daroḍekhor), डाकू m (ḍākū), लुटारु m (luṭāru)
  • Meru: mwamba
  • Middle English: robbour, revere
  • Mongolian: Cyrillic: дээрэмчин (mn) (deeremčin), хулгайч (mn) (xulgajč)
  • Norwegian: Bokmål: raner m, røver m Nynorsk: ranar m, røvar m
  • Ojibwe: gimoodishkiiwinini, makandwewinini
  • Old English: rēafere m
  • Ottoman Turkish: اوغری (oğrı), خرسز (hırsız), حرامی (harâmi)
  • Persian: Iranian Persian: راهْزَن (fa) (râhzan), سارِق (fa) (sâreġ), دُزْد (fa) (dozd), غارَتْگَر (fa) (ġâratgar)
  • Plautdietsch: Reiba m
  • Polish: złodziej (pl) m, złodziejka (pl) f, rozbójnik (pl) m, rozbójniczka (pl) f
  • Portuguese: ladrão (pt) m, ladra (pt) f
  • Romanian: jefuitor (ro) m, tâlhar (ro) m
  • Russian: граби́тель (ru) m (grabítelʹ), граби́тельница (ru) f (grabítelʹnica), разбо́йник (ru) m (razbójnik), разбо́йница (ru) f (razbójnica)
  • Sanskrit: चोर (sa) m (cora), चोरी (sa) f (corī)
  • Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: ра́збо̄јнӣк m, ра́збојница f Roman: rázbōjnīk (sh) m, rázbojnica (sh) f
  • Slovak: zlodej (sk) m, zlodejka f, lupič m, lupička f
  • Slovene: ropar (sl) m, roparka f, razbojnik m, razbojnica f
  • Spanish: ladrón (es) m, ladrona (es) f, chori (es) m or f, shacador m (Argentina)
  • Swahili: mnyang'anyi (sw), mporaji
  • Swedish: rånare (sv) c, rövare (sv) c
  • Tajik: роҳзан (rohzan), сориқ (soriq), дузд (tg) (duzd), ғоратгар (ġoratgar)
  • Tatar: талаучы (tt) (talawçı)
  • Thai: โม่ง (th) (môong), โจร (th) (joon)
  • Tocharian B: wārṣṣe
  • Turkish: soyguncu (tr), harami (tr), hırsız (tr)
  • Turkmen: ogurlyk, garakçy
  • Ukrainian: розбі́йник m (rozbíjnyk), розбі́йниця f (rozbíjnycja)
  • Urdu: ڈاکُو m (ḍākū), ڈَکَیت m (ḍakait), غارَت گَر m (ġārat gar), لُٹیرا m (luṭerā), راہْزَن m (rāhzan), رَہْزَن m (rahzan), دُزْد m (duzd), سارِق m (sāriq), حَرامی m (harāmī)
  • Uyghur: بۇلاڭچى (bulangchi), قاراقچى (qaraqchi)
  • Uzbek: bosqinchi (uz), bosmachi (uz), qaroqchi (uz), talovchi (uz)
  • Vietnamese: kẻ cướp, kẻ ăn cướp, cường đạo (vi)
  • Welsh: lleidr (cy) m, lladron (cy) m pl

Middle English

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Noun

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robber

  1. alternative form of robbour

Middle French

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Etymology

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From Old French rober.

Verb

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robber

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

Conjugation

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  • Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of robber
infinitive simple robber
compound avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2 simple robbant
compound present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle robbé
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative ie (i’) tu il, elle nous vous ilz, elles
(simpletenses) present robbe robbes robbe robbons robbez robbent
imperfect robbois, robboys robbois, robboys robboit, robboyt robbions, robbyons robbiez, robbyez robboient, robboyent
past historic robba robbas robba robbasmes robbastes robberent
future robberai, robberay robberas robbera robberons robberez robberont
conditional robberois, robberoys robberois, robberoys robberoit, robberoyt robberions, robberyons robberiez, robberyez robberoient, robberoyent
(compoundtenses) present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que ie (i’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simpletenses) present robbe robbes robbe robbons robbez robbent
imperfect robbasse robbasses robbast robbassions robbassiez robbassent
(compoundtenses) past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — robbe — robbons robbez —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).

Norwegian Bokmål

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Verb

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robber

  1. present of robbe

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