Middle English Dictionary Entry
spoiler n.
Entry Info
| Forms | spoiler n. Also spoliar. |
| Etymology | From spoilen v. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. despoilere n.
1.
A robber.
Associated quotations
- c1425(?c1400) Wycl.Apol.(Dub 245)7 : Feiþful curats owen to sorowe as wel of þe spoling of þer sogetis, as also of þe synne of þe spoliars.
- a1500(?c1425) Spec.Sacer.(Add 36791)47/3 : Then this holy man prayede the spoylers þat they schuld lete hym speke with here lord.