A person who steals from others, often using violence or threats; someone who commits robbery.
From Old French 'rober' (to rob), from Germanic roots. The '-er' suffix makes it an agent noun. Used in English since the 1200s to describe someone who commits theft.
Linguistically, 'robber' is interesting because English distinguishes 'robbery' (theft using force/threat) from 'theft' or 'stealing' (taking without force), but many languages don't make this distinction—showing what a culture considers important!
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