noun
- one that ravages or plunders; a destroyer or pillager
Usage: archaic
Examples
- The ancient texts described the invading army as raveners who left nothing standing.
- In medieval tales, the ravener swept through villages, taking everything of value.
- The chronicler wrote of raveners who showed no mercy to the conquered lands.
- Local folklore spoke of raveners from the north who came with the harsh winters.
- The poem depicted war as a ravener that consumed both victor and vanquished.