noun
Meaning 1
A person who pillages.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
pillager
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noun
Meaning 2
someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: plunderer, looter, spoiler, despoiler, raider, freebooter
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: thief, stealer
Narrower terms: pirate, buccaneer, sea robber, sea rover
History
Etymology
From pillage + -er.
Across languages
Translations
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Czech: plenitel — one who pillages
- French: pilleur — one who pillages
- Irish: sladaí — one who pillages
- Irish: sladaire — one who pillages
- Italian: predone — one who pillages
- Italian: saccheggiatore — one who pillages
- Italian: sciacallo — one who pillages
- Latin: praedātor — one who pillages
- Māori: kaipāhua — one who pillages
- Māori: kaipāhuahua — one who pillages
- Portuguese: pilhador — one who pillages
- Russian: погро́мщик (pogrómščik) — one who pillages
- Russian: мародёр (marodjór) — one who pillages
- Slovak: plieniteľ — one who pillages
- Spanish: saqueador — one who pillages
- Ottoman Turkish: چاپولجی (çapulcu) — one who pillages
- Ottoman Turkish: پلاچقهجی (plaçkacı) — one who pillages