camp robber

Questions about camp robber

What does camp robber mean?

camp robber means "a jay of northern North America with black-capped head and no crest; noted for boldness in thievery".

What is another word for camp robber?

Close synonyms include Canada jay, grey jay, gray jay, whisker jack, Perisoreus canadensis. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is camp robber a common word?

camp robber is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.