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Definition of Sea rover
1. Noun. Someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation.
Specialized synonyms: Barbary Pirate, Corsair, Sea King
Generic synonyms: Despoiler, Freebooter, Looter, Pillager, Plunderer, Raider, Spoiler
Specialized synonyms: Jean Laffite, Jean Lafitte, Laffite, Lafitte, Henry Morgan, Morgan, Sir Henry Morgan, Bartholomew Roberts, Roberts, Blackbeard, Edward Teach, Edward Thatch, Teach, Thatch
Derivative terms: Buccaneer, Piratical
Definition of Sea rover
1. Noun. (British colloquial archaic) A herring. ¹
2. Noun. (literally) One who roams about the ocean much of the time. ¹
3. Noun. A pirate, buccaneer or privateer; an ocean-going marauder. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sea Rover
Literary usage of Sea rover
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. American History Told by Contemporaries by Albert Bushnell Hart (1897)
"The Piety of a sea rover (1578) BY SIR FRANCIS DRAKE This letter, written by the
famous Captain, shows how little he looked upon the capture of vessels in ..."
2. Care-free San Francisco by Joseph Allan Dunn (1912)
"It is the meeting place by long custom of miner, promoter, cattleman and deep-sea
rover. dered with green, jackets of blue and yellow, headgear of tinsel ..."
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