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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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
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
Now, don’t you think that this fellow was a doughty sea rover?
From Famous Privateersmen and Adventurers of the Sea Their rovings, cruises, escapades, and fierce battling upon the ocean for patriotism and for treasure by Charles Haven Ladd Johnston
Another bold sea rover of Portugal sailed four hundred miles from land, where he picked up a strangely carved paddle and several pieces of wood of a sort not to be found in Europe.
From Discoverers and Explorers by Edward R. (Edward Richard) Shaw
"A sad day indeed, Elspeth," echoed the sea rover, mechanically sheathing his sword, and speaking in an altered voice that had a touch of tenderness in it.
From The Thirsty Sword by Robert Leighton
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