Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. One who reaves or robs; a plundering forager; a robber.
Wiktionary
- n. One who reaves.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. Archaic One who reaves.
Examples
“In the world of my Jaz Parks books, a reaver is a low-level demon designed to instigate wars.”
“But the slasher himself, the splatterer, the reaver of life, swinging out of the darkness with his death claw cocked, is as old as the hills (which have eyes, as we know).”
“And his record spoke for itself – aside from the odd fray, no reaver ever bothered those who rode with Farien, whereas other parties were not so fortunate.”
“Now bask in the further exploits of Conan … mercenary, reaver, nomad, thief, ladies man extraordinaire!”
“Hither came Conan, the Cimmerian, black-haired, sullen-eyed, sword in hand, a thief, a reaver, a slayer, with gigantic melancholies and gigantic mirth, to tread the jeweled thrones of the Earth under his sandalled feet.”
“There was this one guy who was always whingeing about how the reaver barbarian was nerfed and he demanded an explanation, no matter what the thread was about.”
“It's a nightmare version of a road trip; their pursuers include Mozgas, reaver-like monsters, the thief master, Anya-Jacana, the Secret Police, the machine-like man, Vago, and the vampire-like ghosts, the Revenants.”
“I had twangy slide guitar for rim worlds, celtic themes for love interests, minor strings for Alliance troubles, good vamps for caper music and eerie thumps, just in case of reaver trouble.”
Things I’ll miss about running a Firefly/Serenity role playing game
“Hither came Conan, the Cimmerian, black-haired, sullen-eyed, sword in hand, a thief, a reaver, a slayer, with gigantic melancholies and gigantic mirths, to tread the jeweled thrones of the Earth under his sandaled feet.”
“Hither came Conan, the Cimmerian, black-haired, sullen-eyed, sword in hand, a thief, a reaver, a slayer, with gigantic melancholies and gigantic mirth, to tread the jeweled thrones of the Earth under his sandalled feet.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘reaver’.
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Perponyms
List of words referent to persons who commit specific crimes, or are suspected of committing those crimes, beginning with arsonist and safecracker.
Check out reesetee's nice Bad Guys l...arsonist, safecracker, murderer, rapist, getaway man, jewel thief, accomplice, drug dealer, carjacker, gunrunner, industrial spy, human trafficker and 216 more...
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New Grims
Grim __________.
Cousins of the Grim Reaper.
Two-syllable words that begin with Re (not necessarily as a prefix) and end with R. Also, two-syllable words that rhyme with r...repair, refer, reader, renter, reeker, reacher, sleeper, keeper, beeper, creeper, reaver, rester and 10 more...
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A Second Helping of Random Palavery
A continuation of my first list, "A Serving of Random Palavery". Like the first, this list contains words that catch my attention, ring happily in my ears, are fun to speak, or are interesting to ...
bouffoir, mossberry, webisode, barquette, brochidodromous, festooned brochid..., eucamptodromy, eucamptodromous, loment, keenings, moss-trooper, mosstrooping and 138 more...
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Red Seas Under Red Skies
Words and phrase from Scott Lynch's book, Red Seas Under Red Skies.
legate, pugnacity, weevil, steady as a dry-d..., chit, sans, apprise, forfend, ken, expatriate, enclave, scrubs and 220 more...
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Zorkard's Favorite Words
conquistador, obliterate, inevitable, assassin, detritus, demonstrative, annihilate, ergo, sanguine, infinitesimal, pathetic, envoy and 18 more...
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hernesheir (n): (Archaic) one who reaves. A despoiler, a plunderer. Jan 7, 2009