Meaning

1 senses
  1. One who despoils; one who strips by force; a plunderer.

More definitions
  • someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war)

Origin

From Middle English dispoyler, dispoylere, equivalent to despoil + -er.

From Middle English dispoyler, dispoylere, equivalent to despoil + -er.

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Forms

plural: despoilers
Singulardespoiler
Pluraldespoilers

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Relateddespoil

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