4 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Buccaneer \Buc`ca*neer"\, v. i. To act the part of a buccaneer; to live as a piratical adventurer or sea robber. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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}.] [1913 Webster] 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 Haiti or Hispaniola, whose business was to hunt wild cattle and swine. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: buccaneer n : someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation [syn: {pirate}, {sea robber}, {sea rover}] v : live like a buccaneer From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 56 Moby Thesaurus words for "buccaneer": AB, Ancient Mariner, Argonaut, Blackbeard, Captain Hook, Captain Kidd, Dylan, Flying Dutchman, Henry Morgan, Jean Lafitte, Neptune, OD, Poseidon, Varuna, able seaman, able-bodied seaman, air pirate, airplane hijacker, bluejacket, corsair, deep-sea man, fair-weather sailor, fisherman, freebooter, hearty, jack, jack afloat, jack-tar, jacky, limey, lobsterman, mariner, matelot, navigator, picaroon, pirate, privateer, rover, sailor, salt, sea dog, sea king, sea robber, sea rover, sea wolf, seafarer, seafaring man, seaman, shipman, skyjacker, tar, viking, water dog, whaler, windjammer, windsailor
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