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Definition of Freebooters
1. freebooter [n] - See also: freebooter
Lexicographical Neighbors of Freebooters
Literary usage of Freebooters
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Christian Magazine by Mendon Association (1827)
"57—58, that the Sabean and Chaldean freebooters should receive this appellation.
... And the Lord said unto the Sabe- au and Chaldean freebooters, Hast thou ..."
2. A Philosophical and Political History of the Settlements and Trade of the by Raynal (Guillaume-Thomas-François), John Obadiah Justamond (1783)
"The freebooters ravage the American AMS. Origin, manners, expeditions and decline of
... by the name of freebooters, had driven the Spaniards out of the ..."
3. The Nicaragua Canal and the Monroe Doctrine: A Political History of Isthmus by Lindley Miller Keasbey (1896)
"The might of Spanish arms was still too powerful to be opposed in Europe, and so
these allies,—buccaneers or freebooters they were called, —chose the West ..."
4. Exodus of the Western Nations by Earl of William Coutts Keppel Albemarle (1865)
"Islands of the Spanish Main—French West India Company—Pirate Settlement of
Tortuga—Laws, Manners, and Expeditions of the freebooters— ..."
5. The Children of the Nations: A Study of Colonization and Its Problems by Poultney Bigelow (1901)
"Liberty and Progress Due to the freebooters—Martinique and Guadeloupe—Effect of
Slavery THE French colonists in Canada were much hampered by being from the ..."
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