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marauder

Postby William Hupy » Mon Jan 12, 2015 6:35 pm

True that this comes from a punning association with Count Mérode, imperialist general? I find it extremely interesting that several languages picked it up during the Thirty Years War, which, strangely, lasted.....30 years. 1618–1648
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Re: marauder

Postby Perry Lassiter » Mon Jan 12, 2015 9:20 pm

From OEtymD Online:
marauder (n.) Look up marauder at Dictionary.com
1690s, agent noun from maraud (v.).
maraud (v.) Look up maraud at Dictionary.com
1690s, from French marauder (17c.), from Middle French maraud "rascal" (15c.), of unknown origin, perhaps from French dialectal maraud "tomcat," echoic of its cry. A word popularized in several languages during the Thirty Years War (Spanish merodear, German marodiren, marodieren "to maraud," marodebruder "straggler, deserter") by punning association with Count Mérode, imperialist general. Related: Marauded; marauding.
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