BUCCANEER


Meaning of BUCCANEER in English

I. |bəkə|ni(ə)r, -iə noun

( -s )

Etymology: French boucanier French woodsman of the 17th century in the West Indies, pirate, from boucaner to buccan; from their typical manner of conserving meat

1. : a person who dries and smokes flesh or fish after the manner of the Indians — orig. used of the French settlers in Haiti who hunted wild cattle and swine

2. : one of the freebooters preying upon Spanish ships and settlements especially in the West Indies in the 17th century ; broadly : pirate

3. : a dark reddish orange that is deeper and slightly redder than average lacquer red, redder, stronger, and slightly darker than ocher red, and redder and deeper than burnt sienna

4. : an unscrupulous adventurer especially in politics or business

railroad buccaneers — Owen Lattimore

financial buccaneers — John Dos Passos

II. intransitive verb

( -ed/-ing/-s )

: to act or live as a buccaneer

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