Freebooter Definition

frēbo͝otər
freebooters
noun
freebooters
A plunderer; specif., a pirate.
Webster's New World
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Noun

Singular:
freebooter
Plural:
freebooters

Origin of Freebooter

  • Dutch vrijbuiter from vrijbuit plunder vrij free prī- in Indo-European roots buit booty (from Middle Dutch būte) (of Middle Low German origin)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Calque of Dutch vrijbuiter (literally “free booty-er”), from vrij (“free”) + buit (“booty”) + -er (“agent”), whence also filibuster.

    From Wiktionary

Freebooter Sentence Examples

  • A Turkish freebooter named Tsacha seized Smyrna in '1084, but it was recovered by the generals of Alexius Comnenus.

  • Among other treasures it contains the silver coffin of St Liborius, a substitute for one which was coined into dollars in 1622 by Christian of Brunswick, the celebrated freebooter.

  • The Cid of romance, the Cid of a thousand battles, legends and dramas, the Cid as apotheosized in literature, the Cid invoked by good Spaniards in every national crisis, whose name is a perpetual and ever-present inspiration to Spanish patriotism, is a very different character from the historical Rodrigo Diaz - the freebooter, the rebel, the consorter with the infidels and the enemies of Spain.

  • Not having received satisfaction he became a freebooter on land and sea, and mercenary soldier.

  • The freebooter, Jaswant Rao Holkar, alone remained in the field, supporting his troops by ravages through Malwa and Rajputana.

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