robber
English edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle English robbour, robbere, 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.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɹɒb.ə(ɹ)/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɹɑ.bɚ/
- Rhymes: -ɒbə(ɹ)
Noun edit
robber (plural robbers)
- A person who robs.
- An animal who robs.
- 1907, Frederick William D'Evelyn, “Slaughter of Blue Jays”, in The Condor, volume 9, number 2:
- I remember as a boy in my native land the bad name the common magpie (Pica caudata) had as a destroyer of chickens, and a robber of nests.
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one who robs
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Middle English edit
Noun edit
robber
- Alternative form of robbour
Middle French edit
Etymology edit
From Old French rober.
Verb edit
robber
- (transitive) to pillage; to plunder
- (transitive) to steal; to pinch
Conjugation edit
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of robber
infinitive | simple | robber | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle1 or gerund2 | simple | robbant | |||||
compound | present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past participle | robbé | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | ie (i’) | tu | il, elle | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | robbe | robbes | robbe | robbons | robbez | robbent |
imperfect | robbois, robboys | robbois, robboys | robboit, robboyt | robbions, robbyons | robbiez, robbyez | robboient, robboyent | |
past historic | robba | robbas | robba | robbasmes | robbastes | robberent | |
future | robberai, robberay | robberas | robbera | robberons | robberez | robberont | |
conditional | robberois, robberoys | robberois, robberoys | robberoit, robberoyt | robberions, robberyons | robberiez, robberyez | robberoient, robberoyent | |
(compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que ie (i’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ilz, qu’elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | robbe | robbes | robbe | robbons | robbez | robbent |
imperfect | robbasse | robbasses | robbast | robbassions | robbassiez | robbassent | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | robbe | — | robbons | robbez | — | |
compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679. | |||||||
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180). |
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robber