Life as a buccaneer wasn't as fascinating as he thought. It was too bloody, so Mario decided to drop it and go back home.
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Buccaneer
//ˌbʌkəˈnɪɚ//
Synonyms for "buccaneer" (66 found)
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Related words (33)
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2 entriesRelated terms
2 entriesdbpedia genre
1 entriesdbpedia occupation
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3 entrieshas context
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12 entriesTranslations
32 translations across 15 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- πειρατής noun (pirate)
Czech
1 entries- bukanýr noun (a group of seamen)
Dutch
4 entries- boekanier noun (a group of seamen)
- boekanier noun (pirate)
- kaper noun (a group of seamen)
- piraat noun (pirate)
Esperanto
1 entries- marrabisto noun (pirate)
Finnish
2 entries- bukkaneeri noun (a group of seamen)
- merirosvo noun (a group of seamen)
French
1 entries- boucanier noun (a group of seamen)
Hebrew
1 entries- בּוּקָנִיר noun (pirate)
Ido
1 entries- pirato noun (pirate)
Italian
4 entries- bucaniere noun (a group of seamen)
- bucaniere noun (pirate)
- corsaro noun (pirate)
- pirata noun (pirate)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- قرصان noun (pirate)
- ملك noun (pirate)
Polish
4 entries- bukanier noun (a group of seamen)
- bukanier noun (pirate)
- kaper noun (a group of seamen)
- korsarz noun (a group of seamen)
Portuguese
1 entries- bucaneiro noun (pirate)
Russian
1 entries- пират noun (pirate)
Swedish
4 entries- buckanjär noun (a group of seamen)
- buckanjär noun (pirate)
- pirat noun (pirate)
- sjörövare noun (pirate)
Welsh
2 entries- môr-ysbeiliwr noun (pirate)
- môr-ysbeilwyr noun (pirate)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
“Heard of him!” cried the squire. “Heard of him, you say! He was the bloodthirstiest buccaneer that sailed.[…]”
Source: wiktionary
In 1596 and 1597 he bucaneered against Sao Thomi, the Portuguese slaving settlement off the coast of West Africa, and in the Spanish Main
Source: wiktionary
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