"buccaneer" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌbʌkəˈnɪɚ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-buccaneer.wav [Southern-England] Forms: buccaneers [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ) Etymology: From French boucanier, from boucaner (“to smoke or broil meat and fish, to hunt wild beasts for their skins”), from boucan (“(Tupi-style) grill”), from Old Tupi moka'ẽ, mboka'ẽ (“wooden grill”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|boucanier}} French boucanier, {{m|fr|boucaner||to smoke or broil meat and fish, to hunt wild beasts for their skins}} boucaner (“to smoke or broil meat and fish, to hunt wild beasts for their skins”), {{m|fr|boucan||(Tupi-style) grill}} boucan (“(Tupi-style) grill”), {{der|en|tpw|moka'ẽ|moka'ẽ, mboka'ẽ|wooden grill}} Old Tupi moka'ẽ, mboka'ẽ (“wooden grill”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} buccaneer (plural buccaneers)
  1. (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, who were similar to pirates but did not prey on ships of their own nation. Categories (topical): Nautical, Nautical occupations Translations (a group of seamen): bukanýr [masculine] (Czech), kaper [masculine] (Dutch), boekanier [masculine] (Dutch), bukkaneeri (Finnish), merirosvo (Finnish), boucanier [masculine] (French), bucaniere [masculine] (Italian), kaper [masculine] (Polish), bukanier [masculine] (Polish), korsarz (Polish), buckanjär [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-buccaneer-en-noun-YDE2Afnx Disambiguation of Nautical occupations: 87 1 12 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 80 1 19 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 71 1 28 Topics: nautical, transport Disambiguation of 'a group of seamen': 100 0
  2. A pirate. Translations (pirate): πειρατής (peiratḗs) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), boekanier [masculine] (Dutch), piraat [masculine] (Dutch), marrabisto (Esperanto), בּוּקָנִיר (bukanir) [masculine] (Hebrew), pirato (Ido), bucaniere [masculine] (Italian), pirata [masculine] (Italian), corsaro [masculine] (Italian), bukanier [masculine] (Polish), pirat [masculine] (Polish), korsarz [masculine] (Polish), bucaneiro [masculine] (Portuguese), пират (pirat) [masculine] (Russian), buckanjär [common-gender] (Swedish), sjörövare [common-gender] (Swedish), pirat [common-gender] (Swedish), môr-ysbeiliwr [masculine] (Welsh), môr-ysbeilwyr [masculine, plural] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-buccaneer-en-noun-Hf2pMcEg Disambiguation of 'pirate': 5 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: privateer, pirate, bucanier [obsolete], buccanier [archaic] Derived forms: buccaneering, buccaneerish

Verb

IPA: /ˌbʌkəˈnɪɚ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-buccaneer.wav [Southern-England] Forms: buccaneers [present, singular, third-person], buccaneering [participle, present], buccaneered [participle, past], buccaneered [past]
Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ) Etymology: From French boucanier, from boucaner (“to smoke or broil meat and fish, to hunt wild beasts for their skins”), from boucan (“(Tupi-style) grill”), from Old Tupi moka'ẽ, mboka'ẽ (“wooden grill”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|boucanier}} French boucanier, {{m|fr|boucaner||to smoke or broil meat and fish, to hunt wild beasts for their skins}} boucaner (“to smoke or broil meat and fish, to hunt wild beasts for their skins”), {{m|fr|boucan||(Tupi-style) grill}} boucan (“(Tupi-style) grill”), {{der|en|tpw|moka'ẽ|moka'ẽ, mboka'ẽ|wooden grill}} Old Tupi moka'ẽ, mboka'ẽ (“wooden grill”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} buccaneer (third-person singular simple present buccaneers, present participle buccaneering, simple past and past participle buccaneered)
  1. To engage in piracy against any but one's own nation's ships. Related terms: Jolly Roger, skull and crossbones
    Sense id: en-buccaneer-en-verb-S-FS1RqS
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bucanier [obsolete], buccanier [archaic]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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  "etymology_text": "From French boucanier, from boucaner (“to smoke or broil meat and fish, to hunt wild beasts for their skins”), from boucan (“(Tupi-style) grill”), from Old Tupi moka'ẽ, mboka'ẽ (“wooden grill”).",
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      ],
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        "nautical",
        "transport"
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      "glosses": [
        "A pirate."
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        ]
      ]
    }
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    },
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      "rhymes": "-ɪə(ɹ)"
    },
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "privateer"
    },
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      "word": "pirate"
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    },
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    }
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "a group of seamen",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bukanýr"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "a group of seamen",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "kaper"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "a group of seamen",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "boekanier"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a group of seamen",
      "word": "bukkaneeri"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a group of seamen",
      "word": "merirosvo"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "boucanier"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a group of seamen",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bucaniere"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a group of seamen",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "kaper"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bukanier"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a group of seamen",
      "word": "korsarz"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a group of seamen",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "buckanjär"
    },
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      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "pirate",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "boekanier"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "pirate",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "piraat"
    },
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "pirate",
      "word": "marrabisto"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "peiratḗs",
      "sense": "pirate",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "πειρατής"
    },
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      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "bukanir",
      "sense": "pirate",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "בּוּקָנִיר"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "pirate",
      "word": "pirato"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "pirate",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bucaniere"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "pirate",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pirata"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "pirate",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "corsaro"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "pirate",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bukanier"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "pirate",
      "tags": [
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      ],
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    },
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "pirate",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "pirate",
      "tags": [
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      ],
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "pirate",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "пират"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "pirate",
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "pirate",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "sjörövare"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "pirate",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
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      "code": "cy",
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      "sense": "pirate",
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        "masculine"
      ],
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    },
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      "sense": "pirate",
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}

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    },
    {
      "form": "buccaneering",
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        "present"
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    {
      "word": "Jolly Roger"
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    {
      "word": "skull and crossbones"
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      "ipa": "/ˌbʌkəˈnɪɚ/"
    },
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      "tags": [
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    {
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      "word": "bucanier"
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}

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