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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

... ignorance in matters of deportment, and possibly, too, his retiring disposition, made him feel an intruder in the exclusive coterie about him; and certainly there was a pronounced lack of cordiality on the part of most of the dogs toward him. This was especially true of Tom, Dick, and Harry, the famous Tolman brothers, who were the Veterans of Alaska ...

— Baldy of Nome • Esther Birdsall Darling

... shoulders and front legs were huge and powerful, but the rest of the wolf's body dwindled away until at the tail it was no bigger than a dog. The jaws were therefore the dangerous part of the creature, and its small blue eyes flashed wickedly at the intruder. ...

— Sky Island - Being the further exciting adventures of Trot and Cap'n - Bill after their visit to the sea fairies • L. Frank Baum

... repay me for what you chose to regard as my snub on the score of your challenging my entertainment of a possible purchaser; a rebuke launched at me, practically, in the presence of a most inferior person, a stranger and an intruder, from whom you had all the air of taking your cue for naming me the great condition on which you'd gratify my hope. Am I to understand, in other words,"—and his lordship mounted to a climax—"that you sent us about our business because I failed to gratify your ...

— The Outcry • Henry James

... took in polishing his shoes, and in otherwise adorning himself; and this fact long after is fitted into the theory of blushing. Guanacoes in South America, when not intending to bite, but merely to spit their offensive saliva from a distance at an intruder, yet retract their ears as a sign of their anger; and Darwin found the hides of several which he shot in Patagonia, deeply scored by teeth marks, in consequence of their battles with each other. A party ...

— Life of Charles Darwin • G. T. (George Thomas) Bettany

... again to the question of resistance, he heard footsteps in the grove. He did not feel like seeing any person and wished he could get out of sight; but there was no retreating without being observed, so he lay down upon the rock to wait till the intruder ...

— Try Again - or, the Trials and Triumphs of Harry West. A Story for Young Folks • Oliver Optic

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