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buccaneer

[ buhk-uh-neer ]

noun

  1. any of the piratical adventurers who raided Spanish colonies and ships along the American coast in the second half of the 17th century.
  2. any pirate.


buccaneer

/ ˌbʌkəˈnɪə /

noun

  1. a pirate, esp one who preyed on the Spanish colonies and shipping in America and the Caribbean in the 17th and 18th centuries


verb

  1. to be or act like a buccaneer

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Other Words From

  • bucca·neerish adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of buccaneer1

1655–65; < French boucanier, literally, barbecuer, equivalent to boucan barbecue (< Tupi, variant of mukém ) + -ier -eer

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Word History and Origins

Origin of buccaneer1

C17: from French boucanier , from boucaner to smoke meat, from Old French boucan frame for smoking meat, of Tupian origin; originally applied to French and English hunters of wild oxen in the Caribbean

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Example Sentences

Brady’s play clearly isn’t up to a Super Bowl standard this season, but he isn’t the only Buccaneer falling short – many aren’t within shouting distance.

Buccaneers reached agreement on a one-year deal with former Raiders’ DE Carl Nassib, per source.

Tom Brady and his Buccaneers didn’t look especially dominant against Philly on Thursday, and yet I never felt like that game was in doubt.

Surely, some of the success opponents have had stringing long drives together against them over the first three weeks comes from Brady and the Buccaneers happening to be one of their opponents.

Buccaneers cornerback Sean Murphy-Bunting was injured on the play, when Lamb sprinted past him along the left sideline and grabbed Prescott’s well-placed throw.

Indeed, there are whole generations who only know him in his slurry buccaneer phase from Pirates of the Caribbean.

As a politician, Sarkozy is as brutal as any buccaneer, and he lets the world see it.

A buccaneer lives for the excitement of deciphering the mysteries of human experience.

A buccaneer wants status, too, but only if that status is justly earned and sustained through the quality of his work.

Dangerous situation of the brig among the islands of Buccaneer's Archipelago.

Off the Buccaneer's Archipelago the tides are strong and rise to the height of thirty-six feet.

They proceeded on their voyage, having obtained the services of an old buccaneer who knew the coast of Central America well.

The curtain was snatched aside, and the buccaneer took a dozen strides into the place and stopped, looking round.

This woman, descended from Morgan the buccaneer, has more than once turned the scales of an Irish election.

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