Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Burglar

Burglar ({not transcribed}) , noun

[Old English burg town, French bourg, from Late Latin burgus (of German origin) + Old French lere thief, from Latin latro. See Borough, and Larceny.]

(Law) One guilty of the crime of burglary.
Collocations (1)
Burglar alarm , a device for giving alarm if a door or window is opened from without.