robber

Meaning

Noun

• A person who robs.

Related

Narrower meaning words

• graverobber
• bank robber
• mugger

Broader meaning words

• thief

Origin

• From Middle English robber, either directly taken from or from a calque of Old French robeor. Equivalent to rob + -er.
• Compare reaver ("robber, plunderer"), a native English word derived from Proto-Germanic *raubārijaz that is ultimately of more or less the same composition as robber. And compare rover ("a pirate"), another word of the same composition.