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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A commerce raider who operated a warship in the service of the Spanish Empire, during the Dutch Revolt, from the ports of the Flemish coast: Nieuwpoort, Ostend, and in particular Dunkirk. historical

Etymology

From Dunkirk + -er.

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