sea rover
noun
a pirate.
sea-roving
-
a word derived from
sea rover.
Example Sentences
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Cousin Jorge is a grandson of sea-roving Paul Delano, the swashbuckling Chilean patriot who helped to break Spain's power on South America's West Coast.
From Time Magazine Archive
Now Ragnar had spent almost five years in sea-roving, and had quickly compelled all other nations to submit; but he found the Perms in open defiance of his sovereignty.
From The Danish History, Books I-IX by Grammaticus Saxo
In another age he might have been a sea-roving viking or a builder of ancient empires.
From The Gray Phantom by Herman Landon
It was not uncommon for a Viking chieftain, after his days of sea-roving had ended, to be buried in his ship, over which a grave chamber, covered with earth, would be erected.
From Early European History by Hutton Webster
What still more surprises me is the mystery, where Olaf, in this wandering, fighting, sea-roving life, acquired his deeply religious feeling, his intense adherence to the Christian Faith.
From Early Kings of Norway by Thomas Carlyle
