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Definition of Edward Teach
1. Noun. An English pirate who operated in the Caribbean and off the Atlantic coast of North America (died in 1718).
Generic synonyms: Buccaneer, Pirate, Sea Robber, Sea Rover
Lexicographical Neighbors of Edward Teach
Literary usage of Edward Teach
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cradle of the Deep: An Account of a Voyage to the West Indies by Frederick Treves (1911)
"MEMOIRS OF Edward Teach, MARINER, ON the respective summits of two of the hills
of Charlotte Amalia there stands a castle. The larger is called Blue Beard's ..."
2. The Pirates of Malabar: And An Englishwoman in India Two Hundred Years Ago by John Biddulph (1907)
"... Bahamas—Edward Teach—Challoner Ogle—Bartholomew Roberts killed—Matthews sent
to the East Indies—Naval officers' duels —Portuguese alliance—Expedition ..."
3. Daily Paragraph Editing: Student Practice Books by Evan-Moor Educational Publishers (2007)
"However, teach helped hornigold capture a french ship in the Caribbean in 1717
MONDAY WEEK 23 Capt hornigold gave the captured french ship to edward Teach. ..."
4. History of North Carolina: From the Earliest Discoveries to the Present Time by John Wheeler Moore (1880)
"The stories of his connection with Edward Teach can be easily traced to the ...
Edward Teach or Black-Beard had long made the coast of North Carolina and ..."
5. A Brief History of North Carolina by Edwin Anderson Alderman (1896)
"Virgin! had ruined her tobacco trade, her population was depleted, he paper
currency valueless, and bold pirates, like Edward Teach the famous Blackboard, ..."
6. The Buccaneers and Marooners of America: Being an Account of the Famous by Alexandre Olivier Exquemelin, Charles Johnson (1891)
"... taken from his journal—The names of the pirates killed in the engagement— Of
those executed—The value of the prize. Edward Teach was a Bristol man born, ..."
7. Cayman Islands by Don Philpott (2002)
"Blackbeard was born in Bristol, England, as Edward Teach but he also called
himself Edward Thatch and Edward Drummond. The exact date of birth is not known ..."
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