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Word: Buccaneer
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
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
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˌbʌkəˈnɪə
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a pirate, originally one operating in the Caribbean
Short Definition:pirate, originally one operating in Caribbean
Examples:- the marauding buccaneers who used to terrorize the Mediterranean coasts
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