sea rover

Meaning

  1. (British, archaic, colloquial) A herring.
  2. (literally) One who roams about the ocean much of the time.
  3. A pirate, buccaneer or privateer; an ocean-going marauder.

Etymology

Compare Danish sørøver, German Seeräuber, Norwegian sjørøver, Swedish sjörövare.

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