sea rover
sea rover · sea rovers
One who travels the oceanOne who travels the ocean; one who spends a great deal of time at sea.
Meaning
3 senses(literally)One who travels the ocean; one who spends a great deal of time at sea.
A pirate, buccaneer or privateer; an ocean-going marauder.
(UK, archaic, colloquial)A herring.
More definitions
- someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation
Origin
Compare Danish sørøver, German Seeräuber, Norwegian sjørøver, Swedish sjörövare.Compare Danish sørøver, German Seeräuber, Norwegian sjørøver, Swedish sjörövare.
Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Forms
plural: sea rovers| Singular | sea rover |
|---|---|
| Plural | sea rovers |
regular
Synonyms
4 synonymsSee 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.