Definition of Buccaneer

1. Verb. Live like a buccaneer.

Generic synonyms: Live

2. Noun. Someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation.

Definition of Buccaneer

1. n. A robber upon the sea; a pirate; -- a term applied especially to the piratical adventurers who made depredations on the Spaniards in America in the 17th and 18th centuries.

2. v. i. To act the part of a buccaneer; to live as a piratical adventurer or sea robber.

Definition of Buccaneer

1. Noun. (nautical) Any of a group of seamen who cruised on their own account on the Spanish Main and in the Pacific in the 17th century; similar to pirates but did not prey on ships of their own nation. ¹

2. Noun. A pirate. ¹

3. Verb. To engage in piracy against any but one's own nation's ships. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Buccaneer

1. [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Buccaneer

1. A robber upon the sea; a pirate; a term applied especially to the piratical adventurers who made depredations on the Spaniards in America in the 17th and 18th centuries. Alternative forms: bucanier. Primarily, one who dries and smokes flesh or fish after the manner of the Indians. The name was first given to the French settlers in Hayti or Hispaniola, whose business was to hunt wild cattle and swine. Origin: F. Boucanier, fr. Boucaner to smoke or broil meat and fish, to hunt wild beasts for their skins, boucan a smoking place for meat or fish, gridiron for smoking: a word of American origin. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Buccaneer

buccal lymph node
buccal mucosa
buccal nerve
buccal node
buccal occlusion
buccal pit
buccal region
buccal surface
buccal tablet
buccal tube
buccal vestibule
buccally
buccan
buccaned
buccaneer (current term)
buccaneered
buccaneering
buccaneerish
buccaneers
buccaning
buccans
bucchero
buccina
buccinal
buccinas
buccinator
buccinator crest
buccinator muscle
buccinator nerve

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