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noun
Any of a group of seamen who cruised on their own account on the Spanish Main and in the Pacific in the 17th century, who were similar to pirates but did not prey on ships of their own nation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: nautical, transport
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noun
A pirate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
To engage in piracy against any but one's own nation's ships.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: pirate, sea robber, sea rover
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: plunderer, pillager, looter, spoiler, despoiler, raider, freebooter
Narrower terms: corsair, Barbary pirate, sea king, Laffite, Lafitte, Jean Laffite, Jean Lafitte, Morgan, Henry Morgan, Sir Henry Morgan, Roberts, Bartholomew Roberts, Teach, Edward Teach, Thatch, Edward Thatch, Blackbeard
verb
live like a buccaneer
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: live
History
Etymology tree Proto-Tupian *mo- Proto-Tupi-Guarani *mo- Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kaʔẽ Proto-Tupi-Guarani *mokaʔẽ Old Tupi mboka'ẽbor. French boucan Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Old French -ier Middle French -er French -ier French boucanierbor. English buccaneer From French boucanier, from boucaner (“to smoke or broil meat and fish, to hunt wild beasts for their skins”), from boucan (“(Tupi-style) grill”), from Old Tupi moka'ẽ, mboka'ẽ (“wooden grill”). By surface analysis, buccan + -eer.
Across languages
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