sea rover
Americannoun
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a pirate.
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a pirate ship.
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of sea rover
First recorded in 1570–80
Example Sentences
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Breezy, blunt Cap Rieber, an office-bound sea rover who feels equally at home in any of the world's ports, was boss of Texas' tanker fleet, and made a specialty of pushing sales of Texaco abroad.
From Time Magazine Archive
In 1851 Lennox-Boyd's great uncle, Benjamin Boyd, a wealthy London broker turned sea rover, rowed off from his yacht Wanderer for a spot of hunting on one of the Solomon Islands.
From Time Magazine Archive
Francis I. was allied with the other great maritime power, Turkey, against the Emperor, in 1543; and the old sea rover actually brought his fleet of one hundred and fifty ships to Marseilles.
From The Story of the Barbary Corsairs by Lane-Poole, Stanley
This pleased the young sea rover beyond measure and he diverted himself with pictures of a cleaner, kindlier world than he had ever known.
From Blackbeard: Buccaneer by Schoonover, Frank Earle
"Guide me by the straightest way," commanded the sea rover.
From A Friend of Caesar A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C. by Davis, William Stearns
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