Freebooter

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Freebooter \Free"boot`er\, n. [D. vrijbuiter, fr. vrijbuiten to
     plunder; vrij free + buit booty, akin to E. booty. See
     {Free}, and {Booty}, and cf. {Filibuster}.]
     One who plunders or pillages without the authority of
     national warfare; a member of a predatory band; a pillager; a
     buccaneer; a sea robber. --Bacon.


     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  freebooter
       n : someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war) [syn: {plunderer},
            {pillager}, {looter}, {spoiler}, {despoiler}, {raider}]

From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:

  FREEBOOTER, n.  A conqueror in a small way of business, whose
  annexations lack of the sanctifying merit of magnitude.