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buc·ca·neer
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 |