Meaning of FREEBOOTER
| Pronunciation: | | 'free`bootur
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| | Definition: | | [n] someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war) |
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| | Synonyms: | | despoiler, looter, pillager, plunderer, raider, spoiler |
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| | See Also: | | buccaneer, pirate, sea robber, sea rover, stealer, thief | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Free"boot`er\, n. [D. vrijbuiter, fr. vrijbuiten to
plunder; vrij free + buit booty, akin to E. booty. See
{Free}, and {Booty}, and cf. {Filibuster}.]
One who plunders or pillages without the authority of
national warfare; a member of a predatory band; a pillager; a
buccaneer; a sea robber. --Bacon.
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