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Definition of Bartholomew Roberts
1. Noun. A Welsh pirate credited with having taken more than 400 ships (1682-1722).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bartholomew Roberts
Literary usage of Bartholomew Roberts
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Footprints of Four Centuries: The Story of the American People, Comprising by Hamilton Wright Mabie (1894)
"Captain Bartholomew Roberts, for instance, if he may not have had the fortune to
be so famous as the two above-mentioned worthies, yet, in his marvelous ..."
2. The Buccaneers and Marooners of America: Being an Account of the Famous by Alexandre Olivier Exquemelin, Charles Johnson (1891)
"CAPTAIN Bartholomew Roberts AND HIS CREW. His beginning—Elected captain in the
room of Davis—The speech of Lord Dennis at the election—Lord Sympson objects ..."
3. Colonization and Missions: A Historical Examination of the State of Society by Joseph Tracy, Massachusetts Colonization Society (1845)
"... who had been taken some time before by Bartholomew Roberts, a pirate, had *
This case is mentioned chiefly for the sake of introducing a note. ..."
4. A History of Crime in England: Illustrating the Changes of the Laws in the by Luke Owen Pike (1876)
"Among the piratical heroes of this period the greatest appears to have been '
Captain' Bartholomew Roberts, •ca tain' His ..."
5. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1895)
"... the other pirate, commanded by Bartholomew Roberts [qvl, stood out to meet her.
It was a disagreeable surprise when the Swallow hoisted the English nag ..."
6. Examination of Mr. Thomas C. Brown: A Free Colored Citizen of S. Carolina by Thomas Cilavan Brown (1834)
"While there, after Loe had gone, he fell in with Charles Franklin,* who had been
taken some time before by Bartholomew Roberts, a pirate, had • This case is ..."
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