buccaneer en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /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
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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:
- A pirate.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| buccanier | alternative | lexicographic | |
| buccaneers | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| bucanier | alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
buccaneerish · buccaneerism · buccaneering
Synonyms
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)