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The Swedish word "rövare" is more akin to the English word reaver, rather than robber (rånare). [13] Swedish, 1981 Rabén & Sjögren Ronja Rövardotter English, 1983
Reaver , in the 2002 TV series, and the related movie Serenity; villains in the 2017 film Logan; a group of monster hunters in Andrzej Sapkowski's 1992 short story collection Sword of Destiny, part of The Witcher series; an enemy in The Runelords book series by David Farland; a pirate lord in the video games Fable II (2008) and Fable III (2010)
However, there are exceptions: weep, groom and stone (from Old English) occupy a slightly higher register than cry, brush and rock (from French). Words taken directly from Latin and Ancient Greek are generally perceived as colder, more technical, and more medical or scientific – compare life (Old English) with biology ( classical compound ...
Reaver ships, captured from their victims, are instantly recognizable by the haphazard red stripes and bodies of victims adorning their hulls. They are also known for flying without proper safety measures such as nuclear engine radiation containment , a practice tantamount to suicide.
A synonym is a word, morpheme, or phrase that means precisely or nearly the same as another word, morpheme, or phrase in a given language. [2] For example, in the English language , the words begin , start , commence , and initiate are all synonyms of one another: they are synonymous .
The verb reave meaning "plunder, rob", a closely related word, comes from the Middle English reven. There also exists a Northumbrian and Scots verb reifen. All three derive from Old English rēafian which means "to rob, plunder, pillage". [12] Variants of these words were used in the Borders in the later Middle Ages. [13]
A thesaurus (pl.: thesauri or thesauruses), sometimes called a synonym dictionary or dictionary of synonyms, is a reference work which arranges words by their meanings (or in simpler terms, a book where one can find different words with similar meanings to other words), [1] [2] sometimes as a hierarchy of broader and narrower terms, sometimes simply as lists of synonyms and antonyms.
The Reavers are a fictional team of criminal cyborgs appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.. In the Marvel Universe, the Reavers are characters dedicated to the destruction of the X-Men and a number of them especially wanted to take revenge on Wolverine in particular.