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Definition of picaroon - 4 dictionary results

pic⋅a⋅roon

  [pik-uh-roon]
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–noun
1. a rogue, vagabond, thief, or brigand.
2. a pirate or corsair.
–verb (used without object)
3. to act or operate as a pirate or brigand.
Also, pickaroon.

Origin:
1615–25; < Sp picarón, aug. of pícaro picaro
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pi·ca·ro   (pē'kä-rō)   
n.   pl. pi·ca·ros (-rōz', -rōs')
  1. A rogue or adventurer. Also called picaroon.
  2. The main character in a picaresque work when that character is a man or boy.

[Spanish pícaro, perhaps from picar, to prick, from Vulgar Latin *piccāre; see pique.]
pic·a·roon   (pĭk'ə-rōōn')   
n.  
    1. A pirate.
    2. A pirate ship.
  2. See picaro.
intr.v.   pic·a·rooned, pic·a·roon·ing, pic·a·roons
To act as a pirate.

[Spanish picarón, augmentative of pícaro, picaro; see picaro.]
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Picaroon

Pic`a*roon"\, n. [Sp. picaron, aug. of picaro roguish, n., a rogue.] One who plunders; especially, a plunderer of wrecks; a pirate; a corsair; a marauder; a sharper. --Sir W. Temple.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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