英和和英

語源

From 中期英語 revere (also revour, reiver, refar, reavere), from 古期英語 rēafere (“reaver; robber; spoiler”), equivalent to reave +‎ -er. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Roower, Dutch rover, German Räuber, Swedish rövare, Icelandic raufari.

発音

• IPA: /ˈɹiːvə(ɹ)/
• 韻: -iːvə(ɹ)

名詞

reaver (plural reavers)

1. One who reaves; a plunderer, marauder, or pillager.
   • 1999, Seamus Heaney, Beowulf, London: Faber and Faber, page 7:

     nobody knows
     where these reavers from hell roam in their errands.

同意語

• (at sea): see Thesaurus:pirate