Definition of "reiver" [reiv•er]

• Alternative form of reaver. (noun)

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• "Personally, I am dividing my time between the Orange Culture, and the Wrecker Culture (*), but Lowland Scots Culture is beginning to creep up in appreciation, much like a blue bonneted border reiver upon some English cattle (*)."
• "“Ay, but Catharine,” replied the glover, “hath a second thou knowest little of: Father Clement has taken the young reiver in hand, and he fears a hundred devils as little as I do a flock of geese.”"
• "For long periods between the 13th and 17th centuries, the borders were practically lawless, as the "border reiver" families of Scotland and England raided each other and the two countries 'armies battled for dominance."