buccaneer
any of the piratical adventurers who raided Spanish colonies and ships along the American coast in the second half of the 17th century.
any pirate.
Origin of buccaneer
1Other words from buccaneer
- buc·ca·neer·ish, adjective
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How to use buccaneer in a sentence
Brady’s play clearly isn’t up to a Super Bowl standard this season, but he isn’t the only buccaneer falling short – many aren’t within shouting distance.
Tom Brady Used To Put The Team On His Back. Now He Needs Help — And Isn’t Getting It. | Ty Schalter | November 3, 2022 | FiveThirtyEightBuccaneers reached agreement on a one-year deal with former Raiders’ DE Carl Nassib, per source.
Tom Brady and his Buccaneers didn’t look especially dominant against Philly on Thursday, and yet I never felt like that game was in doubt.
Which Of The NFL’s Top Teams Have Been Lucky, And Which Are Actually Good? | Sara Ziegler (sara.ziegler@fivethirtyeight.com) | October 18, 2021 | FiveThirtyEightSurely, some of the success opponents have had stringing long drives together against them over the first three weeks comes from Brady and the Buccaneers happening to be one of their opponents.
The Rams And Matthew Stafford Have Each Leveled Up | Ty Schalter | October 1, 2021 | FiveThirtyEightBuccaneers cornerback Sean Murphy-Bunting was injured on the play, when Lamb sprinted past him along the left sideline and grabbed Prescott’s well-placed throw.
Tom Brady and the Buccaneers edge Cowboys in NFL season-opening thriller | Mark Maske | September 10, 2021 | Washington Post
Indeed, there are whole generations who only know him in his slurry buccaneer phase from Pirates of the Caribbean.
Exile on Sesame Street: Keith Richards Writes a Kids’ Book | Malcolm Jones | September 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAs a politician, Sarkozy is as brutal as any buccaneer, and he lets the world see it.
A buccaneer lives for the excitement of deciphering the mysteries of human experience.
A buccaneer wants status, too, but only if that status is justly earned and sustained through the quality of his work.
Dangerous situation of the brig among the islands of buccaneer's Archipelago.
Off the buccaneer's Archipelago the tides are strong and rise to the height of thirty-six feet.
They proceeded on their voyage, having obtained the services of an old buccaneer who knew the coast of Central America well.
The History of England from the Accession of James II. | Thomas Babington MacaulayThe curtain was snatched aside, and the buccaneer took a dozen strides into the place and stopped, looking round.
Commodore Junk | George Manville FennThis woman, descended from Morgan the buccaneer, has more than once turned the scales of an Irish election.
The College, the Market, and the Court | Caroline H. Dall
British Dictionary definitions for buccaneer
/ (ˌbʌkəˈnɪə) /
a pirate, esp one who preyed on the Spanish colonies and shipping in America and the Caribbean in the 17th and 18th centuries
to be or act like a buccaneer
Origin of buccaneer
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