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Buccaneer Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(v. i.)
To act the part of a buccaneer; to live as a piratical adventurer or sea robber.
To act the part of a buccaneer; to live as a piratical adventurer or sea robber.
(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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutA 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.
buccaneer
\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.
buccaneer
\buc`ca*neer"\, v. i. to act the part of a buccaneer; to live as a piratical adventurer or sea robber.
Noun
1. someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation
(synonym) pirate, sea robber, sea rover
(hypernym) plunderer, pillager, looter, spoiler, despoiler, raider, freebooter
(hyponym) corsair, Barbary pirate
Verb
1. live like a buccaneer
(hypernym) live
(derivation) pirate, sea robber, sea rover
Buccaneer Definition from Government Dictionaries & Glossaries
World War II plan (cancelled) for the amphibious capture of the Andaman Islands
Buccaneer Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries
Buccaneer Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
- This article refers to the type of pirate. For other uses, see Buccaneer (disambiguation)
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Buccaneer Definition from Society & Culture Dictionaries & Glossaries
Buccaneer, Blended Scotch Whisky
Buccaneer 10 YO Single cask, Single Malt Scotch Whisky
By: Squadron Malts Elgin (Scotland)
Buccaneer 10 YO Single cask, Single Malt Scotch Whisky
By: Squadron Malts Elgin (Scotland)
