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Definition of Ravishers

1. ravisher [n] - See also: ravisher

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Ravishers

ravine ravined ravines raving ravingly ravings raving mad ravining ravins ravioli

raviolis ravish ravish ravished ravisher ravishers (current term) ravishes ravishing ravishingly ravishment

ravishment ravishments Ravius Ravius' process Ravi Shankar raw raw raw(a) Rawalpindi rawbone

Literary usage of Ravishers

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1. The Eclectic Museum of Foreign Literature, Science and Art by John Holmes Agnew, Eliakim Littell (1843)
"Hercules killed robbers and ravishers with his knotted club: he cleansed also royal stables by turning whole rivers into them. ..."

2. Origines Ecclesiasticæ: Or, The Antiquities of the Christian Church, and by Joseph Bingham, Richard Bingham (1840)
"... adulterers, ravishers of virgins, or any the like, but rather to the innocent and injured parties, who were exposed to their violence and abuses. ..."

3. A Digest of the Criminal Statute Law of England: Alphabetically and by Harold Nuttall Tomlins (1819)
"Item, against the Offenders and ravishers of Ladies, and the $ 4. Daughters of Noblemen, and other Women in every part of the j^01^"^'"* said Realm, ..."

4. The Ecclesiastical Law by Richard Burn, Robert Philip Tyrwhitt (1824)
"Against the offenders and ravishers of ladies, ... Saving to the king and other lords the escheats of such ravishers, if they be thereof convict. ..."

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