sea rover

noun

1. a pirate.
2. a pirate ship.

Other Words From

• sea-roving adjective noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of sea rover¹

First recorded in 1570–80

Example Sentences

These fair waters and yellow-rimmed palm-nodding islands are the traditional home of the sea rover.

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These fair waters and yellow-rimmed, palm-nodding islands are the traditional home of the sea rover.

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They would never be happy under the tyrannical rule of the bold sea rover.

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In consideration of this great bribe the sea-rover consented to a truce for twelve years.

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Percy leaves his companions for a time and falls among pirates; he pretends to be a "sea-rover" himself.

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Related Words

• raider