The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Freebooter — may refer to: * Marine freebooters, or pirates. * Filibuster (military), a group of individuals who engage in unauthorized warfare against foreign countries in North and Central America. * Rapparee, the Irish usage. * Freebooter (comics), a… … Wikipedia
freebooter — 1560s, loan translation of Du. vrijbuiter plunderer, robber, from vrijbuiten to rob, plunder, from vrijbuit plunder, lit. free booty, from vrij free + buit booty, from buiten to exchange or plunder, from M.Du. buten, related to M.L.G. bute … Etymology dictionary
freebooter — *pirate, buccaneer, privateer, corsair … New Dictionary of Synonyms
freebooter — [frē′bo͞ot΄ər] n. [Du vrijbuiter < vrijbuiten, to plunder < vrij, free + buit, plunder] a plunderer; specif., a pirate … English World dictionary
Freebooter (comics) — Superherobox| caption=Freebooter. comic color=background:#ff8080 character name=Freebooter real name=Brandon Cross publisher=Marvel Comics debut= A Next vol. 1 #4 (1999) creators=Tom DeFalco Brent Anderson alliance color=background:#ffc0c0… … Wikipedia
freebooter — noun Etymology: by folk etymology from Dutch vrijbuiter, from vrijbuit plunder, from vrij free + buit booty Date: 1570 pirate, plunderer • freeboot intransitive verb … New Collegiate Dictionary
freebooter — /free booh teuhr/, n. a person who goes about in search of plunder; pirate; buccaneer. [1560 70; Anglicization of D vrijbuiter, equiv. to vrij free + buit BOOTY + er ER1] * * * … Universalium
freebooter — noun A pirate, or person who pillages and plunders Syn: pirate See Also: filibuster … Wiktionary
freebooter — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. pirate, buccaneer, plunderer, marauder; see pirate … English dictionary for students
freebooter — free|boot|er [ˈfri:bu:tə US ər] n [Date: 1500 1600; : Dutch; Origin: vrijbuiter, from vrij free + buit stolen things, booty ] someone who joins in a war in order to steal other people s goods and money … Dictionary of contemporary English
