a pirate, buccaneer or privateer; an ocean-going marauder

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Definition of a pirate, buccaneer or privateer; an ocean-going marauder in English English dictionary

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A pirate, buccaneer or privateer; an ocean-going marauder.

sea rover

It was a ridiculous scheme, both as to the force which was to take the ship, and her employment as a buccaneer -- the state of the ocean and of navigation being such at that time as to leave a sea-rover, pursued as he would be by the fleets of all nations, without a sea to sail in, without a coast to land on, without a rock or corner to hide in.

Hyphenation

a pirate, buc-ca-neer or privateer; an o·cean-go·ing ma-raud-er