Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sea-robber

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.38 in modern English

Syllables: sea-rob-ber
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who robs at sea; a pirate.

Etymology

From sea + robber, continuing earlier phrases from Middle English such as "robbowre on the see", "robbar yn the see", "robber be þe se", etc.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: -

Inflected Forms

sea-robbers (plural) sea robber (alternative)

Questions

What does sea-robber mean?: One who robs at sea; a pirate.
Where does sea-robber come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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