buccaneer
noun
[ ˌbʌkəˈnɪə ]
• a pirate, originally one operating in the Caribbean.
• "the marauding buccaneers who used to terrorize the Mediterranean coasts"
Similar:
pirate,
marauder,
raider,
sea rover,
freebooter,
plunderer,
cut-throat,
privateer,
Viking,
bandit,
robber,
desperado,
adventurer,
swashbuckler,
corsair,
Origin:
mid 17th century (originally denoting European hunters in the Caribbean): from French boucanier, from boucan ‘a frame on which to cook or cure meat’, from Tupi mukem .
