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noun

Intruder n.

One who intrudes; one who thrusts himself in, or enters without right, or without leave or welcome; a trespasser. "They were all strangers and intruders."

Specifically: A person who enters a private residence or place of business with the intention to perform a criminal act; as, killed by an intruder.

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Etymology of 'Intruder'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Intruder" Quotes from Famous Books

... was said not repiningly, but softly and a little dreamily. By this time Donald and Bess had recovered their tempers, and after a close inspection of the intruder had come to the conclusion that he was of the right sort, and Donald was sitting close on his launches beside Stafford, and thrusting his nose against Stafford's hand invitingly. The girl's beauty seemed to Stafford almost bewildering, and yet softly and sweetly ...

— At Love's Cost • Charles Garvice

... the outside of the door for some time, and then, thinking that the intruder had no intention of leaving the room, he went and wrote a note, and sent it by one of the grooms, mounted on a swift horse, to me. Ladies, you both saw the boy enter the theater and hand me this note. Your interest was aroused, but I only told ...

— Self-Raised • Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth

... Incredulously he came back through his daughter's room and, crossing over to the hall door, yanked it open abruptly on the intruder. ...

— Little Eve Edgarton • Eleanor Hallowell Abbott

... and very coolly commenced, with an activity that denoted the influence of the keen mountain air on his appetite, picking up the different particles of meat that had, as yet, escaped the eye of Uberto. The intruder was received much in the manner that an unpopular or an offending actor is made to undergo the hostilities of pit and galleries, to revenge some slight or neglect for which he has forgotten or refused to ...

— The Headsman - The Abbaye des Vignerons • James Fenimore Cooper

... chairs, a music-stool, and two fenders had evidently been piled up to barricade the door. A frightened maid held the garden squirt, a pail of water by her side, and in the background stood Miss Aleyn, poker in hand, with a grim expression that boded ill for any intruder. Mrs. Leslie regarded her ...

— Chatterbox, 1906 • Various

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