flibustier en · NOUN
Etymology
Borrowed from French flibustier.
Meanings
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(obsolete) A French buccaneer; a French pirate in the Americas.
1845, Eugene Sue, The Female Bluebeard: Or, the Adventurer, tr. from French, publ. by W. Strange, page 209. I have even, to the great terror of Angelina, commanded it as a flibustier captain, in a certain encounter with a Spanish pirate, in which I came off victorious.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| flibustiers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |