Buccaneer meaning

Noun: buccaneer

Pronunciation: (bu`-ku`neer)

Buccaneer meaning: A robber upon the sea; a pirate; a term applied especially to the piratical adventurers who made depredations on the Spaniards in America in the 17th and 18th centuries.

Synonyms: pirate, sea robber, sea rover

Verb: buccaneer

Buccaneer meaning: Live like a buccaneer

Derived forms: buccaneered, buccaneers, buccaneering

Quotations: Bruce Allen – He wanted to be a Buccaneer, and we want him to be a Buccaneer. In just a few days of conversations, we were able to reach an agreement with him, and it cleared up room so that we can sign some of our own players back and go out into free agency.

Ronde Barber – Yeah, not only is he 100 percent buccaneer, he’s comic relief. It’s really easy to get on him.

Brian Schoenborn – We can’t continue to invest millions of dollars of our own money into the building and expect everything to work out. It needs to be a community effort, not just a buccaneer effort.

Sample sentences:

1. Buccaneer plundered the land rom the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation.
2. Buccaneers preyed upon treasure-laden ships in the Caribbean.
3. We’re not home and hearth people. We’re the adventurers, the buccaneers, the blockade runners. Without challenge, we’re only half alive.
4. ‘Very haughty!’ he said, the wild Buccaneer.
5. If I have a signature, it’s the skull and crossbones. I have ties, cuff links, suspenders, and even a pair of velvet tuxedo slippers with the skull and crossbones on them. I think it’s the buccaneer in me.
6. I am like a mariner born and bred on board a buccaneer brig whose soul has become so inured to storm and strife that if cast ashore he would weary and languish no matter how alluring the shady groves and how bright the gentle sun.