Buccaneer
[,bʌkə'nɪə]
Definition
(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.
Editor: Nancy
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Pirate, corsair, sea-rover, sea-robber, freebooter, picaroon.
Edited by Ingram
Definition
n. one of the piratical adventurers in the West Indies during the 17th century who plundered the Spaniards chiefly.—v.i. to act as a buccaneer.—n. Buccaneer′ing.—adj. Buccaneer′ish.
Edited by ELLA