rovriddare

Swedish

Etymology

rov +‎ riddare. Compare German Raubritter, Dutch roofridder.

Noun

rovriddare c

(historical) robber knight, knight of the road
(figuratively) robber baron

Declension

Declension of rovriddare
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	rovriddare	rovriddaren	rovriddare	rovriddarna
Genitive	rovriddares	rovriddarens	rovriddares	rovriddarnas

References

rovriddare in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
rovriddare in Svensk ordbok (SO)
rovriddare in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

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