Thesaurus: buccaneer

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1. 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.
2. v. i. To act the part of a buccaneer; to live as a piratical adventurer or sea robber.
3. n. someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation
4. v. live like a buccaneer
5. 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. To act the part of a buccaneer; to live as a piratical adventurer or sea robber.
6. A robber upon the sea; a pirate; -- a term applied especiallyto the piratical adventurers who made depredations on the Spaniardsin America in the 17th and 18th centuries. [Written also bucanier.]
7. n:100 v. live like a buccaneer