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Buccaneers
Any of a group of seamen who cruised on their own account on the Spanish Main and in the Pacific in the 17th century, who were similar to pirates but did not prey on ships of their own nation.
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noun
- 1
Any of a group of seamen who cruised on their own account on the Spanish Main and in the Pacific in the 17th century, who were similar to pirates but did not prey on ships of their own nation.
- 2
A pirate.
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| Word | Definition |
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| piratenoun | (crime) A criminal who plunders at sea; commonly attacking merchant vessels, though often pillaging port towns. |
| sea rovernoun | A pirate, buccaneer or privateer; an ocean-going marauder. |
| sea robbernoun | someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation |
| piratesnoun | (also known as Pirates XXX) a 2005 American pornographic action-adventure film written, produced, and directed by Joone, and produced by Digital Playground and Adam & Eve. |
| bengalsnoun | A geographic region in the northeast of South Asia today divided between Bangladesh and India (particularly the state of West Bengal). |
| panthersnoun | an American post hardcore band from Brooklyn, New York City. |
| patriotsnoun | (US, sports) The New England Patriots, a professional American football team based in the Greater Boston region. |
| falconsnoun | a genus of raptor (bird of prey). |
| packersnoun | A person whose business is to pack things; especially, one who packs food for preservation |
| chargersnoun | A device that charges or recharges. |
| dolphinsnoun | Dolphins also known as a Dolphins in Phosphorescent Sea is a woodcut print by the Dutch artist M. C. Escher. |
| marinersnoun | (baseball) The team Seattle Mariners. |
| raidersnoun | a team of three fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. |
| seminolesnoun | Any member of a Native American people formed in the eighteenth century, now residing primarily in Florida and Oklahoma. |
| tampanoun | A city, the county seat of Hillsborough County, Florida, located on Tampa Bay. |
| maroonsnoun | (Australia) The Queensland State of Origin rugby league team. |
| broncosnoun | A horse of western North America that is wild or not fully broken. |
| vikingsnoun | seafaring people originally from Scandinavia (present-day Denmark, Norway, and Sweden), who from the late 8th to the late 11th centuries raided, pirated, traded, and settled throughout parts of Europe. |
| bravesnoun | (dated) A Native American warrior. |
| redskinsnoun | (ethnic slur, offensive) A Native American. |
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