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plural raveners
(obsolete) One who, or that which, ravens or plunders. quotations
mention is simply of violent men , and of raveners or snatchers
1645, John Ball, A Treatise of the Covenant of Grace
(obsolete) A bird of prey. quotations
It is a creature of a very deformed shape, monstrous presence, a great ravener, and altogether untameable
1635, John Swan, Speculum Mundi