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Definitions for Buccaneer
[1] any of the piratical adventurers who raided Spanish colonies and ships along the American coast in the second half of the 17th century.
[2] any pirate.
[3] a pirate, esp one who preyed on the Spanish colonies and shipping in America and the Caribbean in the 17th and 18th centuries
[4] to be or act like a buccaneer
Words related to Buccaneer
rover, corsair, pirate, viking, spoiler, freebooter
Words nearby Buccaneer
buccal, buccal artery, buccal cavity, buccal gland, buccal nerve, buccaneer, buccaro, bucchero, buccinator, bucco-, buccogingival
Origin of Buccaneer
1655–65; < French boucanier, literally, barbecuer, equivalent to boucan barbecue (< Tupi, variant of mukém ) + -ier -eer
Other words from Buccaneer
buc·ca·neer·ish , adjective
Word origin for Buccaneer
C17: from French boucanier , from boucaner to smoke meat, from Old French boucan frame for smoking meat, of Tupian origin; originally applied to French and English hunters of wild oxen in the Caribbean