| 单词 | sea rover |
| 释义 | sea rover (once / 54218 pages) n WORD FAMILY sea rover: sea rovers USAGE EXAMPLESThey were bronzed and clear-eyed, these sea rovers, beguiling the journey with gay speech and with deep, mighty laughs. Terhune, Albert Payson, Superwomen(2012) There were many famous sea rovers in their day, but none more celebrated than Capt. Meade, L. T., The Little Princess of Tower Hill(2012) The origin of the Buccaneers, or hunters, and the Flibustiers, or sea rovers, as the Dutch called them, was contemporaneous. Thornbury, Walter, The Monarchs of the Main, Volume I...(2012) n someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper buccaneer, pirate, sea robber Jean Laffite French pirate who aided the United States in the War of 1812 and received an official pardon for his crimes (1780-1826) Sir Henry Morgana Welsh buccaneer who raided Spanish colonies in the West Indies for the English (1635-1688) Bartholomew Robertsa Welsh pirate credited with having taken more than 400 ships (1682-1722) Edward Thatchan English pirate who operated in the Caribbean and off the Atlantic coast of North America (died in 1718) Khayr ad-DinBarbary pirate (died in 1546) Barbary pirate, corsair a pirate along the Barbary Coast sea kinga Viking pirate chief despoiler, freebooter, looter, pillager, plunderer, raider, spoiler someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war) |
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