- Buccaneer
- Buccaneer Buc`ca*neer", v. i. To act the part of a buccaneer; to live as a piratical adventurer or sea robber. [1913 Webster]
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Buccaneer — (engl. für Bukanier) steht für: Flugzeuge: Blackburn B 103 Buccaneer, ein britisches Militärflugzeug Brewster SB2A Buccaneer, ein US amerikanisches Militärflugzeug Person: Buccaneer (Musiker) (* 1974), jamaikanischer Dancehall Musiker … Deutsch Wikipedia
buccaneer — buc‧ca‧neer [ˌbʌkəˈnɪə ǁ ˈnɪr] noun [countable] someone who succeeds in business by taking risks and using skill and determination, and sometimes cheating if necessary: • Airlines attracted the attention of corporate buccaneers. buccaneering… … Financial and business terms
Buccaneer — Buc ca*neer , n. [F. boucanier, fr. boucaner to smoke or broil meat and fish, to hunt wild beasts for their skins, boucan a smoking place for meat or fish, gridiron for smoking: a word of American origin.] A robber upon the sea; a pirate; a term… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
buccaneer — index criminal, plunder Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
buccaneer — 1660s, from Fr. boucanier user of a boucan, a native grill for roasting meat, from Tupi mukem (rendered in Port. as moquem c.1587): initial b and m are interchangeable in the Tupi language [Klein]. For Haitian variant barbacoa, see BARBECUE (Cf.… … Etymology dictionary
buccaneer — *pirate, freebooter, privateer, corsair … New Dictionary of Synonyms
buccaneer — ► NOUN 1) historical a pirate, originally one preying on ships in the Caribbean. 2) a recklessly adventurous and unscrupulous person. DERIVATIVES buccaneering adjective. ORIGIN originally denoting European hunters in the Caribbean: from French… … English terms dictionary
buccaneer — [buk΄ə nir′] n. [Fr boucanier, user of a boucan, native Brazilian grill for roasting meat; orig. applied to Fr hunters of wild oxen in Haiti] a pirate, or sea robber, esp. one who raided along the Spanish coasts of America in the 17th cent … English World dictionary
Buccaneer — This article refers to the type of pirate. For other uses, see Buccaneer (disambiguation) The buccaneers were pirates who attacked Spanish shipping in the Caribbean Islands during the late 17th century.The term buccaneer is now used generally as… … Wikipedia
Buccaneer 18 — The Buccaneer 18 is a day sailer for pleasure sailing as well as racing; it is sailed throughout North America.Designed in 1966 by Rod Macalpine Downie and DickGibbs, the Buccaneer 18 incorporates classic elements thathave made this racing dinghy … Wikipedia
