ravener

Definitions


[], (Noun)

Definitions:
- A person who takes goods by force; a robber, a plunderer, a despoiler.

- A ravenous person or animal; a voracious eater, a devourer; a glutton.

- A person or thing that hungers after (or † for) something. archaic in later use.


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English; earliest use found in The Wycliffite Bible (early version). Either from ravin + -er, or from raven (although this is first attested later) + -er




definition by Oxford Dictionaries