Definitions

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  • noun Plural form of marauder.

Etymologies

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Old French marault: a vagabond through French.

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Examples

  • We have stood deaf, mute and blind as our motherland is raped by land-grabbing raiders and marauders from the Middle East to India.

    Alemayehu G. Mariam: Lessons From Columbia U. Alemayehu G. Mariam 2010

  • They were further protection of marauders from the north such as Sir Frances Drake and John Hawkins.

    There's a lot to see and do in Veracruz, Mexico 2009

  • They were further protection of marauders from the north such as Sir Frances Drake and John Hawkins.

    There's a lot to see and do in Veracruz, Mexico 2009

  • Built it was, on its sea-front, like any island fortress, with walled coral-rock to oppose the sea and chance marauders from the sea, and with launching ways through the walls for the long canoes.

    CHAPTER XI 2010

  • They were further protection of marauders from the north such as Sir Frances Drake and John Hawkins.

    There's a lot to see and do in Veracruz, Mexico 2009

  • We have stood deaf, mute and blind as our motherland is raped by land-grabbing raiders and marauders from the Middle East to India.

    Alemayehu G. Mariam: Lessons From Columbia U. Alemayehu G. Mariam 2010

  • The peaceful tribe in the valley is going to be wiped out by the marauders from the hills.

    why i'm leaving, part 3,547 2005

  • "The peaceful tribe in the valley is going to be wiped out by the marauders from the hills."

    why i'm leaving, part 3,547 2005

  • Built it was, on its sea-front, like any island fortress, with walled coral-rock to oppose the sea and chance marauders from the sea, and with launching ways through the walls for the long canoes.

    Chapter 11 1917

  • I must tell you, moreover, valorous sir, that the Varangians will little thank their leader, who heard them called marauders, drunkards, and what not, and repelled not the charge on the spot.”

    Count Robert of Paris 2008

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