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語源

From French boucanier, from boucaner (“to smoke または broil meat かつ fish, to hunt wild beasts for their skins”), from boucan (“(Tupi-style) grill”), from Old Tupi mokaém, bokaém (“wooden grill”).

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˌbʌkəˈnɪɚ/
• 韻: -ɪə(ɹ)

名詞

buccaneer (複数形 buccaneers)

1. (nautical) Any of a group of seamen who cruised on their own account on the Spanish Main and in the Pacific in the 17th century, who were similar to pirates but did not prey on ships of their own nation.
   • 1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC, part I (The Old Buccaneer), page 48:

     “Heard of him!” cried the squire. “Heard of him, you say! He was the bloodthirstiest buccaneer that sailed. […] ”

2. A pirate.

同意語

• privateer, pirate, see also Thesaurus:pirate

派生語

• buccaneering
• buccaneerish

動詞

buccaneer (三人称単数 現在形 buccaneers, 現在分詞 buccaneering, 過去形および過去分詞形 buccaneered)

1. To engage in piracy against any but one's own nation's ships.
   • 1963, John Day, Arthur Henry Bullen, editor, The Works of John Day, page v:

     In 1596 and 1597 he bucaneered against Sao Thomi, the Portuguese slaving settlement off the coast of West Africa, and in the Spanish Main

参考

• Jolly Roger
• skull and crossbones