freebooter

[ free-boo-ter ]
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noun
  1. a person who goes about in search of plunder; pirate; buccaneer.

Origin of freebooter

1
1560–70; Anglicization of Dutch vrijbuiter, equivalent to vrij free + buit booty1 + -er -er1

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freebooter

/ (ˈfriːˌbuːtə) /


noun
  1. a person, such as a pirate, living from plunder

  2. informal a person, esp an itinerant, who seeks pleasure, wealth, etc, without responsibility

Origin of freebooter

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C16: from Dutch vrijbuiter, from vrijbuit booty; see filibuster

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