Depredator
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Depredator is a noun meaning One who depredates, or commits depredation.
Meaning
One who depredates, or commits depredation.
Example Sentences
The sight of her old neighbourly depredator shivering at the door in tatters, the very oddity of his appeal, touched a soft spot in the spinster's heart.
An open heath, a close plantation, were alike subjects of his apprehension; and the whistle of a shepherd lad was instantly converted into the signal of a depredator.
Orders were now given to fire on all depredators, royal or plebeian; and after a few shots had been discharged without producing any fatal effects, the thieves hid themselves amongst the rocks, and were merely seen peeping through the crevices.
Word Forms
- depredators
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include predator, deprecator, denigrator, prejudicer, predatism, profaner.
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