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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Robber \Rob"ber\, n.
One who robs; in law, one who feloniously takes goods or
money from the person of another by violence or by putting
him in fear.
Some roving robber calling to his fellows. --Milton.
Syn: Thief; depredator; despoiler; plunderer; pillager;
rifler; brigang; freebooter; pirate. See {Thief}.
{Robber crab}. (Zo["o]l.)
a A purse crab.
b Any hermit crab.
{Robber fly}. (Zo["o]l.) Same as {Hornet fly}, under
{Hornet}.
{Robber gull} (Zo["o]l.), a jager gull.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
robber
n : a thief who takes property by threatening (or performing)
violence on the person who is robbed [syn: {mugger}]
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:
ROBBER, n. A candid man of affairs.
It is related of Voltaire that one night he and some traveling
companion lodged at a wayside inn. The surroundings were suggestive,
and after supper they agreed to tell robber stories in turn. "Once
there was a Farmer-General of the Revenues." Saying nothing more he
was encouraged to continue. "That," he said "is the story."
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