picaroon

American  

[pik-uh-roon] / ˌpɪk əˈrun /

Or pickaroon

noun

1. a rogue, vagabond, thief, or brigand.

2. a pirate or corsair.

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verb (used without object)

1. to act or operate as a pirate or brigand.

picaroon British  

/ ˌpɪkəˈruːn /

noun

1. archaic an adventurer or rogue

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Etymology

Origin of picaroon

1615–25; < Spanish picarón, augmentative of pícaro picaro

Example Sentences

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picaroon

Nothing but the great need for secrecy had prevented more extended inland hospitalities to the brave Americanos who had destroyed the picaroon.

From The Noank's Log A Privateer of the Revolution by Stoddard, W. O.

My Soul alive, can't I maintain discipline in my own ship without a blacksmith of a boiler-riveter putting me to shame before a yellow-nosed picaroon.

From Soldiers Three - Part 2 by Kipling, Rudyard

Oh, don't pause, sister!" squeaked terrified Julie, "here's where that picaroon in the black mask was wont to hide.

From The ghosts of their ancestors by Mills, Weymer Jay

The Athenæum necrologist accorded her half a column of obituary, in which she was described as "this pretty, picaroon woman, whose name can never be omitted from any chronicle of Bavaria."

From The Magnificent Montez From Courtesan to Convert by Wyndham, Horace

The commander was a calm-tempered man, accustomed to disappointment, or he might have joined with some of the younger officers in their expressions of disgust at having lost the picaroon.

From The Missing Ship The Log of the "Ouzel" Galley by Kingston, William Henry Giles