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buccaneer en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˌbʌkəˈnɪɚ/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Tupian *mo- Proto-Tupi-Guarani *mo- Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kaʔẽ Proto-Tupi-Guarani *mokaʔẽ Old Tupi mboka'ẽbor. French boucan Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Old French -ier Middle French -er French -ier French boucanierbor. English buccaneer From French boucanier, from boucaner (“to smoke or broil meat and fish, to hunt wild beasts for their skins”), from boucan (“(Tupi-style) grill”), from Old Tupi moka'ẽ, mboka'ẽ (“wooden grill”). By surface analysis, buccan + -eer.

Meanings

  1. Any of a group of seamen who cruised on their own account on the Spanish Main and in the Pacific in the 17th century, who were similar to pirates but did not prey on ships of their own nation.
    • “Heard of him!” cried the squire. “Heard of him, you say! He was the bloodthirstiest buccaneer that sailed.[…]” 1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC, part I (The Old Buccaneer), page 48:
  2. A pirate.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
buccanier alternative lexicographic
buccaneers Number=Plur lexicographic
bucanier alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

buccaneerish · buccaneerism · buccaneering

Synonyms

privateer · pirate

Translations (32)

sv sjörövare (pirate) · pl bukanier (pirate) · it corsaro (pirate) · pl korsarz (a group of seamen) · fi bukkaneeri (a group of seamen) · sv pirat (pirate) · fi merirosvo (a group of seamen) · ota ملك (pirate) · cs bukanýr (a group of seamen) · it pirata (pirate) · pl bukanier (a group of seamen) · cy môr-leidr (pirate) · cy bycanîr (pirate) · he בּוּקָנִיר (pirate) · pl korsarz (pirate) · pt bucaneiro (pirate) · eo marrabisto (pirate) · ota قرصان (pirate) · ru пират (pirate) · sv buckanjär (a group of seamen) · fr boucanier (a group of seamen) · pl pirat (pirate) · nl piraat (pirate) · grc πειρατής (pirate) · nl boekanier (pirate) · io pirato (pirate) · nl boekanier (a group of seamen) · it bucaniere (a group of seamen) · pl kaper (a group of seamen) · sv buckanjär (pirate) · it bucaniere (pirate) · nl kaper (a group of seamen)

buccaneer en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˌbʌkəˈnɪɚ/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Tupian *mo- Proto-Tupi-Guarani *mo- Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kaʔẽ Proto-Tupi-Guarani *mokaʔẽ Old Tupi mboka'ẽbor. French boucan Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Old French -ier Middle French -er French -ier French boucanierbor. English buccaneer From French boucanier, from boucaner (“to smoke or broil meat and fish, to hunt wild beasts for their skins”), from boucan (“(Tupi-style) grill”), from Old Tupi moka'ẽ, mboka'ẽ (“wooden grill”). By surface analysis, buccan + -eer.

Meanings

  1. To engage in piracy against any but one's own nation's ships.
    • In 1596 and 1597 he bucaneered against Sao Thomi, the Portuguese slaving settlement off the coast of West Africa, and in the Spanish Main 1963, John Day, edited by Arthur Henry Bullen, The Works of John Day, page v:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
buccaneered Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
buccaneered Tense=Past lexicographic
buccanier alternative lexicographic
buccaneering Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
buccaneers Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
bucanier alternative lexicographic

Relateds

skull and crossbones · Jolly Roger