marauder

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English maraud

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-so-

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so-

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-āsijos

Proto-Italic *-āsios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ārī

Old English -ere

Middle English -ere

English -er

English marauder

From maraud + -er.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /məˈɹɔːdə/
• (Standard Southern British, Australia, New Zealand) IPA^(key): /məˈɹoːdə/

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• (US)
  • (without the cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /məˈɹɔdɚ/
  • (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /məˈɹɑdɚ/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /məˈɾɔdəɾ/
• (Wales) IPA^(key): /məˈɾɔːdə/
• Rhymes: -ɔːdə(ɹ)

Noun

marauder (plural marauders)

1. Someone who moves about in roving fashion looking for plunder.

   a band of marauders

   • 1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados:

     If she keeps the dog up, the garden is invaded night and day by an army of peregrinating feline marauders that scent the booty from afar.

2. Any person who or thing which marauds.

Translations

one who moves about in roving fashion looking for plunder

• Belarusian: марадзёр m (maradzjór), марадзёрка f (maradzjórka)
• Bulgarian: мароде́р (bg) m (marodér), мароде́рка f (marodérka)
• Catalan: basquejador
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 掠奪者 / 掠夺者 (zh) (lüèduózhě)

• Czech: nájezdník (cs) m
• Dutch: vagebond (nl) m
• Finnish: rosvo (fi), ryöstelijä
• French: maraudeur (fr) m, maraudeuse (fr) f
• German: Marodeur (de) m, Marodeurin (de) f
• Irish: creachadóir m
• Italian: predone (it) m
• Japanese: 略奪者 (ja) (りゃくだつしゃ, ryakudatsusha)
• Korean: 약탈자(掠奪者) (ko) (yaktalja), 략탈자(掠奪者) (ryaktalja) (North Korea)
• Latvian: marodieris (lv) m
• Macedonian: ма́родер m (mároder), пља́чкаш m (pljáčkaš)
• Neapolitan: mariuolo
• Polish: maruder (pl) m, maruderka f
• Portuguese: predador (pt) m, salteador (pt) m
• Russian: мародёр (ru) m (marodjór), мародёрка (ru) f (marodjórka)
• Spanish: merodeador (es) m
• Swedish: marodör (sv) c
• Turkish:

  Ottoman Turkish: چاپولجی (çapulcu), پلاچقه‌جی (plaçkacı)

• Ukrainian: мароде́р m (marodér), мароде́рка f (marodérka)
• Welsh: herwr m

one who or that which marauds

• Finnish: rosvo (fi)

French

Etymology

From maraud +‎ -er, from Middle French maraud (“rascal”), from Old French *marault (“beggar, vagabond”), from marir, marrir (“to trouble, stray, lose ones way, be lost”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.ʁo.de/

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Verb

marauder

1. (intransitive) to pilfer
2. (intransitive) to prowl

Conjugation

Conjugation of marauder (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	marauder
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	maraudant /ma.ʁo.dɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		maraudé /ma.ʁo.de/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	maraude /ma.ʁod/	maraudes /ma.ʁod/	maraude /ma.ʁod/	maraudons /ma.ʁo.dɔ̃/	maraudez /ma.ʁo.de/	maraudent /ma.ʁod/
	imperfect	maraudais /ma.ʁo.dɛ/	maraudais /ma.ʁo.dɛ/	maraudait /ma.ʁo.dɛ/	maraudions /ma.ʁo.djɔ̃/	maraudiez /ma.ʁo.dje/	maraudaient /ma.ʁo.dɛ/
	past historic2	maraudai /ma.ʁo.de/	maraudas /ma.ʁo.da/	marauda /ma.ʁo.da/	maraudâmes /ma.ʁo.dam/	maraudâtes /ma.ʁo.dat/	maraudèrent /ma.ʁo.dɛʁ/
	future	marauderai /ma.ʁo.dʁe/	marauderas /ma.ʁo.dʁa/	maraudera /ma.ʁo.dʁa/	marauderons /ma.ʁo.dʁɔ̃/	marauderez /ma.ʁo.dʁe/	marauderont /ma.ʁo.dʁɔ̃/
	conditional	marauderais /ma.ʁo.dʁɛ/	marauderais /ma.ʁo.dʁɛ/	marauderait /ma.ʁo.dʁɛ/	marauderions /ma.ʁo.də.ʁjɔ̃/	marauderiez /ma.ʁo.də.ʁje/	marauderaient /ma.ʁo.dʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	maraude /ma.ʁod/	maraudes /ma.ʁod/	maraude /ma.ʁod/	maraudions /ma.ʁo.djɔ̃/	maraudiez /ma.ʁo.dje/	maraudent /ma.ʁod/
	imperfect2	maraudasse /ma.ʁo.das/	maraudasses /ma.ʁo.das/	maraudât /ma.ʁo.da/	maraudassions /ma.ʁo.da.sjɔ̃/	maraudassiez /ma.ʁo.da.sje/	maraudassent /ma.ʁo.das/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	maraude /ma.ʁod/	—	maraudons /ma.ʁo.dɔ̃/	maraudez /ma.ʁo.de/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

• maraudeur

Descendants

• → English: maraud
  • ⇒ English: marauder
• → German: marodieren
• → Spanish: merode
  • ⇒ Spanish: merodeador

Further reading

• “marauder”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
• “marauder” in Dico en ligne Le Robert.