资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Robber \Rob"ber\, n.
   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["o]l.)
   (a) A purse crab.
   (b) Any hermit crab.

   {Robber fly}. (Zo["o]l.) Same as {Hornet fly}, under
      {Hornet}.

   {Robber gull} (Zo["o]l.), a jager gull.