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freebooter
[ free-boo-ter ]
noun
- a person who goes about in search of plunder; pirate; buccaneer.
freebooter
/ ˈfriːˌbuːtə /
noun
- a person, such as a pirate, living from plunder
- informal.a person, esp an itinerant, who seeks pleasure, wealth, etc, without responsibility
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Word History and Origins
Origin of freebooter1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of freebooter1
C16: from Dutch vrijbuiter , from vrijbuit booty; see filibuster
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Example Sentences
Of life and property a fierce freebooter despoiled mankind; over the ways beset by him might no one living pass.
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Bootmakers, like tailors, commonly sit cross-legged at their work, and hold pronounced political views; hence the term freebooter.
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The freebooter of the green-pea trade touched his wet forelock respectfully.
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We soon discovered crab-claws projecting from its shell, and recognized it as a hermit-crab, an original freebooter.
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Johnnie Armstrong, the famous Border freebooter, took his title from this place, whereof not a stone remains.
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