What is the meaning of Buccaneer?

  • (v.i.) 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
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