robber

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *Hrew-?
Proto-Indo-European *Hrewp-der.
Proto-Germanic *raubōną
Frankish *raubōnbor.
Late Latin raubāre
Old French rober
Proto-Indo-European *-tōr
Proto-Italic *-tōr
Latin -tor
Latin -ātor
Old French -eor
Old French robeorbor.
Middle English robbour
English robber

    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

    • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɹɒb.ə(ɹ)/
      • Audio (Southern England):(file)
    • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɹɑ.bɚ/
    • Rhymes: -ɒbə(ɹ)

    Noun

    robber (plural robbers)

    2. (crime) A person who robs.
    3. 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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    Translations

    Middle English

    Noun

    robber

    1. alternative form of robbour

    Middle French

    Etymology

    From Old French rober.

    Verb

    robber

    1. (transitive) to pillage; to plunder
    2. (transitive) to steal; to pinch

    Conjugation

    • 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
    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 – tu – nous vous –
    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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    Verb

    robber

    1. present of robbe
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