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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Buccaneer

/bŭkˌ-ən-ēr'/ · Buc·ca·neer · IPA /ˌbʌkəˈnɪɚ/
01 n. A robber upon the sea; a pirate; -- a term applied especially to the piratical adventurers who made depredations on the Spaniards in Americ…
  1. 1.
    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.
02 v. i. To act the part of a buccaneer; to live as a piratical adventurer or sea robber.
  1. 1.
    To act the part of a buccaneer; to live as a piratical adventurer or sea robber.