"freebooter" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈfɹiːbuːtə(ɹ)/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-freebooter.wav [US] Forms: freebooters [plural]
Etymology: free + booty + -er. Calque of Dutch vrijbuiter (literally “free booty-er”), from vrij (“free”) + buit (“booty”) + -er (occupational suffix). Doublet of filibuster. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*preyH-}}, {{af|en|free|booty|-er|id3=occupation}} free + booty + -er, {{calque|en|nl|vrijbuiter|lit=free booty-er}} Calque of Dutch vrijbuiter (literally “free booty-er”), {{m|nl|vrij||free}} vrij (“free”), {{m|nl|buit||booty}} buit (“booty”), {{m|nl|-er|pos=occupational suffix}} -er (occupational suffix), {{doublet|en|filibuster}} Doublet of filibuster Head templates: {{en-noun}} freebooter (plural freebooters)
  1. An adventurer who pillages, plunders or wages ad-hoc war on other nations. Categories (topical): People Translations (A pirate, or person who pillages and plunders): пират (pirat) [masculine] (Bulgarian), корсар (korsar) [masculine] (Bulgarian), vrijbuiter [masculine] (Dutch), fribytter [masculine] (Norwegian), грабитель (grabitelʹ) [masculine] (Russian), пират (pirat) [masculine] (Russian), флибустьер (flibustʹjer) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-freebooter-en-noun-b~AA2yxX Disambiguation of People: 68 32 Disambiguation of 'A pirate, or person who pillages and plunders': 65 35
  2. One who rehosts online media without authorization; one who freeboots.
    Sense id: en-freebooter-en-noun-noxQh8l1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -er (occupation) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 56 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 33 67 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (occupation): 43 57
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: pirate, mercenary, conquistador, filibuster Derived forms: freebooting Related terms: filibuster Coordinate_terms: privateer

Inflected forms

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