different between buccaneer vs freebooter

English

Alternative forms

• bucanier (obsolete)
• buccanier (archaic)

Etymology

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 mokaém, bokaém (“wooden grill”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?k??n??(?)/
• Rhymes: -??(?)

Noun

buccaneer (plural buccaneers)

1. (nautical) 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.

Synonyms

• privateer, pirate, see also Thesaurus:pirate

Derived terms

• buccaneering
• buccaneerish

Translations

Verb

buccaneer (third-person singular simple present buccaneers, present participle buccaneering, simple past and past participle buccaneered)

1. To engage in piracy against any but one's own nation's ships.
   • 1963, John Day, Arthur Henry Bullen (editor), The Works of John Day, page v

     In 1596 and 1597 he bucaneered against Sao Thomi, the Portuguese slaving settlement off the coast of West Africa, and in the Spanish Main

See also

• Jolly Roger
• skull and crossbones

English

Etymology

free +? booty +? -er. Calque of Dutch vrijbuiter (literally “free booty-er”), from vrij (“free”) + buit (“booty”) + -er (“agent”). Doublet of filibuster.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f?i?bu?t?(?)/

Noun

freebooter (plural freebooters)

1. An adventurer who pillages, plunders or wages ad-hoc war on other nations.
2. One who rehosts online media without authorization; one who freeboots.

Synonyms

• pirate, see also Thesaurus:pirate
• mercenary, see also Thesaurus:mercenary
• conquistador, filibuster

Coordinate terms

• privateer

Derived terms

• freebooting

Related terms

• filibuster

Translations