buccaneer
noun
any of the piratical adventurers who raided Spanish colonies and ships along the American coast in the second half of the 17th century.
buccaneerish
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a word derived from
buccaneer.
Example Sentences
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This fierce and buccaneerish person summoned the dozing hostler in a coarse, imperative voice, flung him the reins, sprang from his seat, and assisted his companion to alight.
From The Redemption of David Corson by Charles Frederic Goss
There is a buccaneerish air About that garb outlandish— 70 Just then the ghost drew up his chair And said, 'My name is Standish.
From The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell by James Russell Lowell
