BUCCANEERS

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American English-Russian dictionary. Американский Англо-Русский словарь. 2012

WHARTON, EDITH (NEWBOLD) — orig. Edith Newbold Jones born Jan. 24, 1862, New York, N.Y., U.S. died Aug. 11, 1937, Saint-Brice-sous-Forêt, near Paris, France …
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VIRGIN ISLANDS, BRITISH
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SABA — Island (pop., 1994 est.: 1,180) of the Netherlands Antilles in the Caribbean Sea. It lies 16 mi (26 km) northwest …
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NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE (NFL) — Major professional football organization in the U.S. It was founded in 1920 at Canton, Ohio; its first president was In …
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MORGAN, SIR HENRY — born 1635, Llanrhymney, Glamorgan, Wales died Aug. 25, 1688, probably Lawrencefield, Jam. Welsh buccaneer. In the second Anglo-Dutch War , …
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GUAYAQUIL — in full Santiago de Guayaquil Largest city (pop., 2001 prelim.: 1,952,029) and chief port, Ecuador. It is situated on the …
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BUCCANEER — Any of the British, French, or Dutch sea adventurers who chiefly haunted the Caribbean and the Pacific seaboard of South …
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BAHAMAS, THE — officially Commonwealth of The Bahamas Archipelago and nation consisting of about 700 islands and numerous cays, northwestern edge of the …
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SWAGGER — I. ˈswagə(r), -waig- verb ( swaggered ; swaggered ; swaggering -g(ə)riŋ ; swaggers ) Etymology: probably from swag (I) + …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DESPOIL — I. də̇ˈspȯil, dē-, esp before pause or consonant -ȯiəl transitive verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English despoylen, from Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BUCCANEER — I. |bəkə|ni(ə)r, -iə noun ( -s ) Etymology: French boucanier French woodsman of the 17th century in the West Indies, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FILIBUSTER — (n.) A lawless military adventurer, especially one in quest of plunder; a freebooter; -- originally applied to buccaneers infesting the …
Английский словарь Webster
MAROON — maroon 1 /meuh roohn"/ , adj. 1. dark brownish-red. 2. Chiefly Brit. a. a loudly exploding firework consisting of a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FILIBUSTER — vi to act as a filibuster, or military freebooter. 2. filibuster ·vi to delay legislation, by dilatory motions or other …
Webster English vocab
PRIVATEER — privately owned armed vessel commissioned by a belligerent state to attack enemy ships, usually vessels of commerce. Privateering was carried …
Britannica English vocabulary
BUCCANEER — English, French, or Dutch sea adventurer, who haunted chiefly the Caribbean and the Pacific seaboard of South America, preying on …
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YEAR IN REVIEW 1998: SPORTS-AND-GAMES
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VIRGIN ISLANDS — group of about 90 small islands, islets, cays, and rocks in the West Indies, situated some 40 to 50 miles …
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TORTUGA ISLAND — French le De La Tortue, Caribbean island off the northern coast of Haiti opposite Port-de-Paix. European adventurers settled Tortuga (Spanish: …
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TAMPA — city, seat (1846) of Hillsborough county, west central Florida, U.S., port of entry on Tampa Bay at the mouth of …
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STOCKTON, FRANK RICHARD — born April 5, 1834, Philadelphia, Pa., U.S. died April 20, 1902, Washington, D.C. byname of Francis Richard Stockton American popular …
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SELKIRK, ALEXANDER — born 1676, Largo, Fife, Scot. died Dec. 12, 1721, at sea Selkirk also spelled Selcraig Scottish sailor who was the …
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SABA — island of the Netherlands Antilles in the Caribbean Sea. It lies 16 miles (26 km) northwest of Sint Eustatius, with …
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PUERTO RICO, FLAG OF — U.S. commonwealth flag consisting of five horizontal stripes of red and white and, at the hoist, a blue triangle bearing …
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PORTOBELO — also spelled Puerto Bello, village situated along the Caribbean coast of east-central Panama. The name Portobelo, meaning "beautiful harbour," was …
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PORT ROYAL — historic harbour town on the southern coast of Jamaica, once the busiest trading centre of the British West Indies and …
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NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE — (NFL) major professional football organization in the United States, founded in 1920 at Canton, Ohio, as the American Professional Football …
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MORGAN, SIR HENRY — born 1635, Llanrhymney, Glamorgan, Wales died Aug. 25, 1688, probably Lawrencefield, Jam. Welsh buccaneer, most famous of the adventurers who …
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COLLARBONE — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ VERB break ▪ My son Nayib broke his collarbone and Emilio broke a rib and …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BUCCANEER — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Add thigh-high buccaneer boots in suedes and velvets. ▪ Athenian politics will be the poorer …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MORGAN, SIR HENRY — born 1635, Llanrhymney, Glamorgan, Wales died Aug. 25, 1688, probably Lawrencefield, Jam. Welsh buccaneer. In the second Anglo-Dutch War , …
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