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Definition of: buccaneer
(buk′ə·nir′) noun
1. A pirate or freebooter.
2. One of the piratical rovers of the 17th and 18th centuries who preyed upon the Spaniards, along the Spanish coasts of America. See synonyms under ROBBER. [<F boucanier, orig. one of the hunters of wild oxen in Haiti, who later turned to piracy <Tupian boucan a frame for the smoking and curing of meat]
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