beaver

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You would have to rewatch the film to hear him say: “Hither came I, Conan, a thief, a reaver, a slayer, to tread jeweled thrones of the earth beneath my feet.”

From New York Times • Oct. 1, 2012

Erik had been a great man in his day, a fearless reaver who could boast of having sailed with her grandsire’s grandsire, that same Dagon Greyjoy whom Dagon the Drunkard had been named for.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

"Am I to be shot at like a popinjay at a fair, by any reaver or outlaw that seeks a mark for his bow?" he cried.

From Sir Nigel by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir

He was not the man I should have hit upon in any throng as the reaver of my father's estate; still less the man who might be Margery's father.

From The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady by Lynde, Francis

Well, once upon a time, a bold Scots reaver, riding south, saw a maid who pleased him near a Cumberland pele.

From The Long Portage by Bindloss, Harold