Meaning & use
reiver
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A raider or plunderer, especially one from the historical border region between England and Scotland.
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For centuries, reivers raided farms and villages along the Anglo-Scottish border.
The museum's exhibit traces the violent history of the Border reivers.
A note on using this word
The word shares a root with bereave and rob, all tracing back to an old term meaning to seize; the Border Reivers were notorious cattle raiders of the sixteenth century.
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