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Definition of Blackbeard

1. Noun. An English pirate who operated in the Caribbean and off the Atlantic coast of North America (died in 1718).

Definition of Blackbeard

1. Proper noun. The archetypal pirate, who lived in the 17th and 18th centuries. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

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Literary usage of Blackbeard

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Stories of the Old Dominion: From the Settlement to the End of the Revolution by John Esten Cooke (1879)
"He therefore sent a ship-of-war to attack Blackbeard, or John Theach, as his real name was, and the two vessels came in sight of each other off the coast. ..."

2. The Historical Writings of John Fiske by John Fiske (1902)
"But the sobriquet by which he was most widely known was " Blackbeard. ... When Blackbeard learned the quality of his prisoners, his fertile brain conceived ..."

3. Old Virginia and Her Neighbours by John Fiske (1897)
"For year after year the deeds of Kidd and Blackbeard were rehearsed at village firesides, and tales of buried treasure caused many a greedy spade to delve ..."

4. Kate Bonnet: The Romance of a Pirate's Daughter by Frank Richard Stockton (1902)
"exclaimed Greenway. " I hae none o' it, nor will I hae any. What money I hae—an' it is but little—came to me fairly." " Oho! " cried Blackbeard, " and you ..."

5. Stories of the Old Dominion: From the Settlement to the End of the Revolution by John Esten Cooke (1879)
"He therefore sent a ship-of-war to attack Blackbeard, or John Theach, as his real name was, and the two vessels came in sight of each other off the coast. ..."

6. The Historical Writings of John Fiske by John Fiske (1902)
"But the sobriquet by which he was most widely known was " Blackbeard. ... When Blackbeard learned the quality of his prisoners, his fertile brain conceived ..."

7. Old Virginia and Her Neighbours by John Fiske (1897)
"For year after year the deeds of Kidd and Blackbeard were rehearsed at village firesides, and tales of buried treasure caused many a greedy spade to delve ..."

8. Kate Bonnet: The Romance of a Pirate's Daughter by Frank Richard Stockton (1902)
"exclaimed Greenway. " I hae none o' it, nor will I hae any. What money I hae—an' it is but little—came to me fairly." " Oho! " cried Blackbeard, " and you ..."

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