Definition of "ravener" []

• One who, or that which, ravens or plunders. (noun)
• A bird of prey. (noun)

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• "And at Sneek, in the church of St. M.rtin, is buried a giant of more renown and prowess -- Peter van Heemstra, or "Lange Pier" as he was called from his inches, a sea ravener of notable ferocity, whose two-handed sword is preserved at Leeuwarden -- although, as M. Havard says, what useful purpose a two-handed sword can serve to an admiral on a small ship baffles reflection."
• "Admiral de Ruyter -- if one may judge by the number of his portraits of that sea ravener which Holland possesses."
• "He is capable of giving breath to the statue of the ravener, so that the statue of the ravener can speak, so that everyone who will not worship the statue of the ravener will be subject to execution."