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).

Exact synonyms: Blackbeard, Edward Thatch, Teach, Thatch
Generic synonyms: Buccaneer, Pirate, Sea Robber, Sea Rover

Lexicographical Neighbors of Edward Teach

Edward James Muggeridge
Edward Jean Steichen
Edward Jenner
Edward Kendall
Edward Kennedy Ellington
Edward Lawrie Tatum
Edward Lear
Edward Lee Thorndike
Edward MacDowell
Edward Morley
Edward Osborne Wilson
Edward Pusey
Edward R. Murrow
Edward Roscoe Murrow
Edward Sapir
Edward Teach
Edward Teller
Edward Thatch
Edward V
Edward VI
Edward VII
Edward VIII
Edward Vernon Rickenbacker
Edward Vincent Sullivan
Edward Weston
Edward Williams Morley
Edward Winslow
Edward Wyllis Scripps
Edward Young
Edward the Confessor

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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