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Definition of Picaroon
1. n. One who plunders; especially, a plunderer of wrecks; a pirate; a corsair; a marauder; a sharper.
Definition of Picaroon
1. Noun. A pirate or picaro. ¹
2. Noun. A pirate ship. ¹
3. Noun. A rogue. ¹
4. Verb. To behave as a pirate. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Picaroon
1. to act as a pirate [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Picaroon
Literary usage of Picaroon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Descriptive Guide to the Best Fiction, British and American by Ernest Albert Baker (1903)
"1742. sort of burlesque picaroon novel dealing with high and low life in a series
of Originated as a parody of Richardson's Pamela, but soon expanded into a ..."
2. Across the Andes by Charles Johnson Post (1912)
"CHAPTER I OLD PANAMA, AGAMEMNON, AND THE GENIAL picaroon IT was in Panama—the
old Panama—and in front of the faded and blistered hotel that I met him again. ..."
3. Treasure and trouble therewith: A Tale of California by Geraldine Bonner (1917)
"... VII THE picaroon THE Argonaut Hotel—all San Franciscans will remember it—had,
like the Vallejo, started life with high expectations and then declined. ..."
4. State Papers and Publick Documents of the United States, from the Accession by United States President, United States Dept. of State (1819)
"He then rowed towards the ship to put them on their guard, on which the said
picaroon weighed anchor and endeavoured to cut him off from the ship, ..."
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