verb (used without object)
1.
to roam or go around in quest of plunder; make a raid for booty: Freebooters were marauding all across the territory.
verb (used with object)
2.
to raid for plunder (often used passively): At the war's end the country had been marauded by returning bands of soldiers.
noun
3.
Archaic. the act of marauding.
Origin:
1705–15; < French marauder, derivative of maraud rogue, vagabond, Middle French, perhaps identical with dial. maraud tomcat, of expressive orig.
1705–15; < French marauder, derivative of maraud rogue, vagabond, Middle French, perhaps identical with dial. maraud tomcat, of expressive orig.
Related forms
ma·raud·er, noun
Synonyms
1, 2. invade, attack; ravage, harry.
1, 2. invade, attack; ravage, harry.
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maraud (məˈrɔːd) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to wander or raid in search of plunder |
| —n | |
| 2. | an archaic word for foray |
| [C18: from French marauder to prowl, from maraud vagabond] | |
| ma'rauder | |
| —n | |
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
maraud
1690s, from Fr. marauder, from M.Fr. maraud "rascal," probably from Fr. dial. maraud "tomcat," echoic of its cry. A word popularized during the Thirty Years War (cf. Sp. merodear, Ger. marodiren "to maraud," marodebruder "straggler, deserter") by punning association with Count Mérode, imperialist
general. Related: Marauder; marauding.
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