Robber
Pronunciation : Rob"ber
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: 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?l.) (a) A purse crab. (b) Any hermit crab. -- Robber fly. (Zo?l.) Same as Hornet fly, under Hornet. -- Robber gull (Zo?l.), a jager gull.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913