Words Like BUCCANEER

We have put together a list of words that are similar to BUCCANEER.

5 Alternative Words Similar to buccaneer

1 Pirate Noun Synonym Words Like Pirate

2 Live Verb Synonym Words Like Live

3 Lafitte Noun Hyponym

4 Teach Noun Hyponym Words Like Teach

5 Corsair Noun Hyponym

9 definitions of buccaneer

1 A robber upon the sea; a pirate; -- a term applied especially to the piratical adventurers who made depredations on the Spaniards in America in the 17th and 18th centuries.

2 To act the part of a buccaneer; to live as a piratical adventurer or sea robber.

3 live like a buccaneer

4 someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation

5 A pirate, especially one of the freebooters who preyed on Spanish shipping in the West Indies during the 17th century.

6 A ruthless speculator or adventurer.

7 Any of a group of seamen who cruised on their own account on the Spanish Main and in the Pacific in the 17th century; similar to pirates but did not prey on ships of their own nation.

8 A pirate.

9 To engage in piracy against any but one's own nation's ships.

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