Buccaneer vs Freebooter - What's the difference?
buccaneer | freebooter | Synonyms |
(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; similar to pirates but did not prey on ships of their own nation.
A pirate.
To engage in piracy against any but one's own nation's ships.
* 1963 , John Day, Arthur Henry Bullen (editor), The Works of John Day , page v
An adventurer who pillages, plunders or wages ad-hoc war on other nations.
One who rehosts online media without authorization; one who freeboots.
Freebooter is a synonym of buccaneer.
As nouns the difference between buccaneer and freebooter
is that buccaneer is any of a group of seamen who cruised on their own account on the Spanish Main and in the Pacific in the 17th century; similar to pirates but did not prey on ships of their own nation while freebooter is an adventurer who pillages, plunders or wages ad-hoc war on other nations.As a verb buccaneer
is to engage in piracy against any but one's own nation's ships.buccaneer
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(en noun)Synonyms
* privateer * pirateDerived terms
* buccaneering * buccaneerishSee also
* Jolly Roger * skull and crossbonesVerb
(en verb)- In 1596 and 1597 he bucaneered against Sao Thomi, the Portuguese slaving settlement off the coast of West Africa, and in the Spanish Main