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reaver (n.)
also reiver, Middle English rever, revere, "robber, destroyer, plunderer," Old English reafere "plundering forager," agent noun from reafian "to rob, plunder" (see reave (v.)). Similar formation in Old Frisian ravere, Middle Dutch rover, Dutch roover, Old High German roubari, German Räuber. Middle English rēverie (c. 1300) meant "robbery, plundering."
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Dictionary entries near reaver
reassurance
reassure
reattach
reattempt
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reawaken
reb
rebar
rebarbative
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