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English noun: buccaneer

1. buccaneer (person) someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation


Synonymspirate, sea robber, sea rover


Broader (hypernym)despoiler, freebooter, looter, pillager, plunderer, raider, spoiler


Narrower (hyponym)Barbary pirate, corsair, sea king


Instance hyponymBartholomew Roberts, Blackbeard, Edward Teach, Edward Thatch, Henry Morgan, Jean Laffite, Jean Lafitte, Laffite, Lafitte, Morgan, Roberts, Sir Henry Morgan, Teach, Thatch


English verb: buccaneer

1. buccaneer (stative) live like a buccaneer


Pattern of useSomebody ----s


Broader (hypernym)live









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