reiver

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹiːv(ə)ɹ/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -iːvə(ɹ)

Noun

reiver (plural reivers)

1. Archaic form of reaver.
   • 1867, John Ruskin, Time and Tide, by Weare and Tyne: Twenty-five Letters to a Working Man of Sunderland on the Laws of Work:

     you may retain nearly every moral and manly virtue , and become a heroic rider and reiver, and hero of song

Derived terms

• border reiver

References

• “reiver”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• riever, verier, Rivere

Middle English

Noun

reiver

1. Alternative form of revere