buccaneer
To engage in piracy against any but one's own nation's shipsTo engage in piracy against any but one's own nation's ships.
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» Pirates, buccaneers and privateers are not synonyms.
Piraten, Seeräuber und Freibeuter sind keine Synonyme. — BraveSentry
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1 sensesTo engage in piracy against any but one's own nation's ships.
- live like a buccaneer
Examples
3 sentencesPirates, buccaneers and privateers are not synonyms.
dePiraten, Seeräuber und Freibeuter sind keine Synonyme. — BraveSentry
The politician earnestly argued for the return of state-sanctioned buccaneering.
Buccaneering isn't easy!
Origin
From French boucanier, from boucaner (“to smoke or broil meat and fish, to hunt wild beastFrom French boucanier, from boucaner (“to smoke or broil meat and fish, to hunt wild beasts for their skins”), from boucan (“(Tupi-style) grill”), from Old Tupi moka'ẽ, mboka'ẽ (“wooden grill”). By surface analysis, buccan + -eer.
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Forms
buccaneers, buccaneering, buccaneered, buccaneered| Base form | buccaneer · to buccaneer |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | buccaneers |
| Present participle | buccaneering |
| Past simple | buccaneered |
| Past participle | buccaneered |
regular · Lesson
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.