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sea rover

noun

First recorded in 1570–80

These fair waters and yellow-rimmed palm-nodding islands are the traditional home of the sea rover.

These fair waters and yellow-rimmed, palm-nodding islands are the traditional home of the sea rover.

They would never be happy under the tyrannical rule of the bold sea rover.

In consideration of this great bribe the sea-rover consented to a truce for twelve years.

Percy leaves his companions for a time and falls among pirates; he pretends to be a "sea-rover" himself.

April 24, 2024gallimaufry

[gal-uh-maw-free ]

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