ravener

English

Etymology

raven +‎ -er

Noun

ravener (plural raveners)

1. (obsolete) One who, or that which, ravens or plunders.
   • 1645, John Ball, A Treatise of the Covenant of Grace:

     mention is simply of violent men , and of raveners or snatchers

2. (obsolete) A bird of prey.
   • 1635, John Swan, Speculum Mundi:

     It is a creature of a very deformed shape, monstrous presence, a great ravener, and altogether untameable

References

• “ravener”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.