About The Word Freebooter
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Freebooter
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What's The Definition Of Freebooter?
[n] someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war)
Synonyms | Synonyms for Freebooter: despoiler | looter | pillager | plunderer | raider | spoiler Related Terms | Find terms related to Freebooter: See Also | buccaneer | pirate | sea robber | sea rover | stealer | thief Freebooter In Webster's Dictionary \Free"boot`er\, n. [D. vrijbuiter, fr. vrijbuiten to
plunder; vrij free + buit booty, akin to E. booty. See
{Free}, and {Booty}, and cf. {Filibuster}.]
One who plunders or pillages without the authority of
national warfare; a member of a predatory band; a pillager; a
buccaneer; a sea robber. --Bacon.
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