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Raider

A raider or raiders can refer to those who participate in a military raid or in corporate raid or to:

in Food: Space Raiders, brand of crisps

in sports organizations: Adelaide Raiders, football (soccer) club in Adelaide, South Australia
Rochester Raiders, CIFL team based in Rochester, New York, USA
Canberra Raiders, National Rugby League team based in Canberra, Australia
Oakland Raiders, National Football League team based in Oakland, California, USA
Texas Tech Red Raiders, NCAA Division I team from Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas, USA. The women's basketball team is called the Lady Raiders
Utica Raiders (originally the Lincoln Raiders), semi-professional American football in Utica, NY, USA in the 1940s and 1950s
Wodonga Raiders Football Club, football (soccer) club in Wodonga, Australia

in military organizations:

Batalyon Raiders, special forces unit of the Indonesian military
Marine Raiders, elite unit established by the United States Marine Corps during World War II
Quantrill's Raiders, Confederate guerrillas in the American Civil War
Raider (piracy), people who commit robbery at the sea
Tarleton's Raiders, unit of British dragoons active during the American Revolution
Great Eastern Islamic Raiders' Front, Turkish terrorist organisation

in military vehicles:

Merchant raider, type of ship in naval warfare
Commerce raider, type of warship in naval warfare
Dark Eldar raider, type of anti-gravity transport used in the game Warhammer 40,000
GAT-X370 Raider Gundam, second generation Earth Alliance mobile suit from Gundam SEED

in commercial vehicles: Dodge Raider; a rebadged Mitsubishi Montero sold by Dodge
Mitsubishi Raider, a rebadged Dodge Dakota sold by Mitsubishi Motors

in video games:

Battle Realms, RTS game feature East Asia with the Raiders as 2 tier units of the Serpent Clan
Star Raiders, computer game for the Atari video game system
Tomb Raider Series, series of video games, comic books, movies, animations and novels
Ace Combat, Playstation and Xbox 360 based RPG and the Raiders are a gaming clan for non-online Multiplayer competition
Fallout 3, Adventure/RPG Game for PC, Raiders are enemy humans who are associated with blood and gore

in books Raider (novel), book by Susan Gates
The Fated Sky, book by Henrietta Branford

in movies:

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, 2001 film based on the game
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life, 2003 sequel
Raiders of the Lost Ark, original name for the first Indiana Jones movie

in television:

Raiders of the Lost Harp, episode of DuckTales
Cylon Raider, basic Cylon fighter craft in Battlestar Galactica

in other people and organizations:

Paul Revere & the Raiders, American rock band
Tusken Raiders (aka Sand People), fictional creatures in the Star Wars saga
Turanic Raiders, race of space pirates from the strategy game Homeworld
Raider (Babylon 5), space pirates from Babylon 5
Raider (Delhi District Secondary School) the official mascot of Delhi District Secondary School in Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada

in other uses:

"Raider", the old name for Twix in some European countries

Source: Wikipedia

Translation

The word "Raider" occurs as such in the following languages: English, German, Dutch.

Translation(s) in other languages: Russian: Рейдеры (значения), Ukrainian: Рейдери.


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