pirate (noun)
51Blackbeard — noun an English pirate who operated in the Caribbean and off the Atlantic coast of North America (died in 1718) • Syn: ↑Teach, ↑Edward Teach, ↑Thatch, ↑Edward Thatch • Instance Hypernyms: ↑pirate, ↑buccaneer, ↑sea robber, ↑ …
52Jolly Roger — noun a flag usually bearing a white skull and crossbones on a black background; indicates a pirate ship • Syn: ↑black flag, ↑pirate flag, ↑blackjack • Hypernyms: ↑flag • Part Meronyms: ↑skull and crossbones * …
53water thief — noun 1. obsolete : pirate 2. : a valve with multiple connections that permits bleeding a large line through several subordinate lines * * * water thief noun (Shakespeare) A pirate • • • Main Entry: ↑water …
54buccaneer — noun Etymology: French boucanier woodsman, pirate (in the 17th century West Indies), from boucaner to smoke meat, from boucan wooden frame for smoking meat, from Tupi mokaʔe, mbokaʔe, from mo , mbo causative marker + kaʔế to be roasted, dried… …
55corsair — noun Etymology: Middle French & Old Italian; Middle French corsaire pirate, from Old Occitan corsari, from Old Italian corsaro, from Medieval Latin cursarius, from Latin cursus course more at course Date: 1549 pirate; especially a privateer of… …
56freebooter — noun A pirate, or person who pillages and plunders Syn: pirate See Also: filibuster …
57corsair — noun /ˈkɔːsɛː/ a) A French privateer, especially from the port of St Malo 1840 If I had been born a corsair or a pirate, a brigand, genteel highwayman or patriot and theyre the same thing, thought Mr. Tappertit, musing among the nine pins, I… …
58Barbarossa — noun 1. Holy Roman Emperor from 1152 to 1190; conceded supremacy to the pope; drowned leading the Third Crusade (1123 1190) • Syn: ↑Frederick I, ↑Frederick Barbarossa • Instance Hypernyms: ↑Holy Roman Emperor 2. Barbary pirate (died in 1546) •… …
59Bartholomew Roberts — noun a Welsh pirate credited with having taken more than 400 ships (1682 1722) • Syn: ↑Roberts • Instance Hypernyms: ↑pirate, ↑buccaneer, ↑sea robber, ↑sea rover …
60black flag — noun a flag usually bearing a white skull and crossbones on a black background; indicates a pirate ship (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑pirate flag, ↑Jolly Roger, ↑blackjack • Hypernyms: ↑flag • Part Meronyms: ↑ …
