marauder

== English == === Etymology === From maraud + -er. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /məˈɹɔːdə/ (Standard Southern British, General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /məˈɹoːdə/ (US) (without the cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /məˈɹɔdɚ/ (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /məˈɹɑdɚ/ (Scotland) IPA(key): /məˈɾɔdəɾ/ (Wales) IPA(key): /məˈɾɔːdə/ Rhymes: -ɔːdə(ɹ) === Noun === marauder (plural marauders) Someone who moves about in roving fashion looking for plunder. Any person who or thing which marauds. ==== Translations ==== == French == === Etymology === From maraud +‎ -er, from Middle French maraud (“rascal”), from Old French *marault (“beggar, vagabond”), from marir, marrir (“to trouble, stray, lose ones way, be lost”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ma.ʁo.de/ === Verb === marauder (intransitive) to pilfer (intransitive) to prowl ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== maraudeur ==== Descendants ==== → English: maraud ⇒ English: marauder → German: marodieren → Spanish: merode ⇒ Spanish: merodeador === Further reading === “marauder”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 “marauder” in Dico en ligne Le Robert.