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View synonyms for picaroon
picaroon
or pick·a·roon
[ pik-uh-roon ]
noun
- a rogue, vagabond, thief, or brigand.
- a pirate or corsair.
verb (used without object)
- to act or operate as a pirate or brigand.
picaroon
/ ˌpɪkəˈruːn /
noun
- archaic.an adventurer or rogue
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of picaroon1
C17: from Spanish picarón, from pícaro
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Example Sentences
But I never believed in them as devoutly as I believed in the destruction of that infernal picaroon.
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I observed wretched devils playing here, whose whole standing kit would not have brought a picaroon at vendue.
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On the way from Genoa to Messina Irving's vessel was boarded by a piratical picaroon.
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MacRae threw open his hatches and counted the salmon as they came flipping off the point of a picaroon.
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Picaroon, a pirate or buccaneer originally; now an ordinary thief.
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