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Despoiler

noun
1.
Someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war).  Synonyms: freebooter, looter, pillager, plunderer, raider, spoiler.





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"Despoiler" Quotes from Famous Books



... the "Bell song," which has tinkled so often in our concert-rooms. Gerald recognizes the singer despite her disguise; and Nilakantha recognizes him as the despoiler of the hallowed spot in which he worships and incidentally conceals his daughter. The bloodthirsty fanatic observes sententiously that Brahma has smiled and cuts short Gerald's soliloquizing with a dagger thrust. Lakme, with the help of a male slave, removes him to a hut concealed in the forest. ...
— A Second Book of Operas • Henry Edward Krehbiel


Words linked to "Despoiler" :   thief, sea rover, stealer, pirate, buccaneer, sea robber, despoil, war, warfare


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