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1558 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Seuen First Bks. Eneidos vii. sig. T.iii^v To wandring outlawes shall Lauinia thus be giuen away..and to the seas the pyrat theefe, Our virgin doughter steale?

1609 Lives 19 Late Pyrates sig. E2^v This bill doth the pirate Captaines most carefully keep and lay vp, and as they call it, for their owne discharge.

1638 R. Brathwait Surv. Hist 250 The like revenge..wisely prevented with the presenting of a golden Goblet to Apollo, by the Pirate-Prince Thymasithius.

a1668 W. Davenant Wks. (1673) 225 One faine would know's descent: Thou Pirat-Dogge.

1735 S. Bowden Poet. Ess. II. 130 May pirate Boys explore the Nest And there th'absconded Thief infest.

1807 C. Smith Beachy Head 29 The pirate Dane, who from his circular camp Bore in destructive robbery, fire and sword Down thro' the vale.

1858 R. M. Ballantyne Coral Island xxii. 258 The pirate captain grew white with rage as I spoke.

1902 Daily News 18 Mar. 3/2 Formerly the chief producers of pirate-filibusters, they [sc. the Danes] are now chiefly remarkable as the prime producers of butter.

1989 C. Caufield Multiple Exposures (1990) 310 An exotic and entertaining account of travellers to Portugal from the pirate-crusaders..to the new wave of romantic travellers.