Thesaurus: buccaneer
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.
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Definitions
- n. 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.
- v. i. To act the part of a buccaneer; to live as a piratical adventurer or sea robber.
- 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
- n:100 v. live like a buccaneer