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free⋅boot⋅er

[free-boo-ter]
–noun
a person who goes about in search of plunder; pirate; buccaneer.

Origin:
1560–70; Anglicization of D vrijbuiter, equiv. to vrij free + buit booty + -er -er 1
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free·boot·er   (frē'bōō'tər)   
n.  A person who pillages and plunders, especially a pirate.

[Dutch vrijbuiter, from vrijbuit, plunder : vrij, free; see prī- in Indo-European roots + buit, booty (from Middle Dutch būte, of Middle Low German origin).]
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