robber

English

Etymology

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)

  1. A person who robs.
  2. 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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