buccaneer

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

Noun

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.
2. A pirate.

Verb

To engage in piracy against any but one's own nation's ships.

Έννοιες

πειρατής

κουρσεύω

αδίστακτος τυχοδιώκτης

Συνώνυμα

pirate

freebooter

corsair

plunderer

filibuster

sea rover

buccanier

sea robber

thief

thug

dacoit

dakoit

sea-rover

black hat hacker

be a pirate

bandit

engage in piracy

bull

job

marauder

picaroon

profiteer

rover

speculate

Μεταφράσεις

boucanier

bucaniere

boekanier

flibustier

bucaneiro

bucanero

bucaner

pirate

zeerover

pirata

korsan

corsaro

Seeräuber

Korsar

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/ˌbʌkəˈnɪɚ/

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

Etymology tree
Proto-Tupian *mo-
Proto-Tupi-Guarani *mo-
Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kaʔẽ
Proto-Tupi-Guarani *mokaʔẽ
Old Tupi moka'ẽbor.
French boucan
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.