BURGLAR


Meaning of BURGLAR in English

■ noun a person who commits ~y.

Derivatives

~ious -'glɛ:rɪəs adjective ( archaic ).

Origin

C16: from legal Fr. burgler or Anglo-Latin burgulator , burglator ; related to OFr. burgier 'pillage'.

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