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Buccaneer

Buccaneer Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Buccaneer? [n] someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation [v] live like a buccaneer Synonyms \| Synonyms for Buccaneer: pirate \| sea robber \| sea rover Related Terms \| Find terms related to Buccaneer: AB \| able seaman \| able-bodied seaman \| air pirate \| airplane hijacker \| Ancient Mariner \| Argonaut \| Blackbeard \| bluejacket \| Captain Hook \| Captain Kidd \| corsair \| deep-sea man \| Dylan \| fair-weather sailor \| fisherman \| Flying Dutchman \| freebooter \| hearty \| Henry Morgan \| jack \| jack afloat \| jack-tar \| jacky \| Jean Lafitte \| limey \| lobsterman \| mariner \| matelot \| navigator \| Neptune \| OD \| picaroon \| pirate \| Poseidon \| privateer \| rover \| sailor \| salt \| sea dog \| sea king \| sea robber \| sea rover \| sea wolf \| seafarer \| seafaring man \| seaman \| shipman \| skyjacker \| tar \| Varuna \| viking \| water dog \| whaler \| windjammer \| windsailor See Also \| Barbary pirate \| Bartholomew Roberts \| Blackbeard \| corsair \| despoiler \| Edward Teach \| Edward Thatch \| freebooter \| Henry Morgan \| Jean Laffite \| Jean Lafitte \| Laffite \| Lafitte \| live \| looter \| Morgan \| pillager \| plunderer \| raider \| Roberts \| sea king \| Sir Henry Morgan \| spoiler \| Teach \| Thatch Buccaneer In Webster's Dictionary \Buc`caneer"\, n. [F. boucanier, fr. boucaner to smoke or broil meat and fish, to hunt wild beasts for their skins, boucan a smoking place for meat or fish, gridiron for smoking: a word of American origin.] A robber upon the sea; a pirate; -- a term applied especially to the piratical adventurers who made depredations on the Spaniards in America in the 17th and 18th centuries. [Written also {bucanier}.] Note: Primarily, one who dries and smokes flesh or fish after the manner of the Indians. The name was first given to the French settlers in Hayti or Hispaniola, whose business was to hunt wild cattle and swine. \Buc`caneer"\, v. i. To act the part of a buccaneer; to live as a piratical adventurer or sea robber.

Buccaneer Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Buccaneer?

[n] someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation
[v] live like a buccaneer

Synonyms | Synonyms for Buccaneer: pirate | sea robber | sea rover

Buccaneer In Webster's Dictionary

\Buc`ca*neer"\, n. [F. boucanier, fr. boucaner to
smoke or broil meat and fish, to hunt wild beasts for their
skins, boucan a smoking place for meat or fish, gridiron for
smoking: a word of American origin.]
A robber upon the sea; a pirate; -- a term applied especially
to the piratical adventurers who made depredations on the
Spaniards in America in the 17th and 18th centuries. [Written
also {bucanier}.]

Note: Primarily, one who dries and smokes flesh or fish after
      the manner of the Indians. The name was first given to
      the French settlers in Hayti or Hispaniola, whose
      business was to hunt wild cattle and swine.


\Buc`ca*neer"\, v. i.
To act the part of a buccaneer; to live as a piratical
adventurer or sea robber.

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