buccaneer
11Buccaneer 18 — The Buccaneer 18 is a day sailer for pleasure sailing as well as racing; it is sailed throughout North America.Designed in 1966 by Rod Macalpine Downie and DickGibbs, the Buccaneer 18 incorporates classic elements thathave made this racing dinghy …
12buccaneer — buccaneerish, adj. /buk euh near /, n. 1. any of the piratical adventurers who raided Spanish colonies and ships along the American coast in the second half of the 17th century. 2. any pirate. [1655 65; < F boucanier, lit., barbecuer, equiv. to… …
13buccaneer — [[t]bʌ̱kənɪ͟ə(r)[/t]] buccaneers 1) N COUNT A buccaneer was a pirate, especially one who attacked and stole from Spanish ships in the 17th and 18th centuries. 2) N COUNT If you describe someone as a buccaneer, you mean that they are clever and… …
14buccaneer — UK [ˌbʌkəˈnɪə(r)] / US [ˌbʌkəˈnɪr] noun [countable] Word forms buccaneer : singular buccaneer plural buccaneers 1) a sailor in the past who attacked and stole from other ships 2) someone who is determined to succeed, especially in business or… …
15buccaneer — /bʌkəˈnɪə / (say bukuh near) noun 1. a pirate. 2. one of the piratical adventurers who raided Spanish colonies and shipping in America. –verb (i) 3. to act like, or lead the life of, a buccaneer. {French boucanier a buccaneer, originally a hunter …
16buccaneer — buc·ca·neer (bŭk′ə nîr’) n. 1) A pirate, especially one of the freebooters who plundered Spanish shipping in the West Indies during the 17th century. 2) A ruthless speculator or adventurer. intr.v. buc·ca·neered, buc·ca·neer·ing, buc·ca·neers 1)… …
17buccaneer — noun Etymology: French boucanier woodsman, pirate (in the 17th century West Indies), from boucaner to smoke meat, from boucan wooden frame for smoking meat, from Tupi mokaʔe, mbokaʔe, from mo , mbo causative marker + kaʔế to be roasted, dried… …
18buccaneer — buc|ca|neer [ˌbʌkəˈnıə US ˈnır] n [Date: 1600 1700; : French; Origin: boucanier person living in the forest in the West Indies, buccaneer , from boucaner to dry meat in a wooden frame over a fire , from boucan wooden frame , from Tupi] 1.)… …
19buccaneer — [17] A buccaneer was originally ‘someone who dried meat on a wooden frame over a fire’. The word comes ultimately from mukem, the term for such a frame in the Tupi language of the Caribbean islands, which in the mouths of early French settlers… …
20buccaneer — [17] A buccaneer was originally ‘someone who dried meat on a wooden frame over a fire’. The word comes ultimately from mukem, the term for such a frame in the Tupi language of the Caribbean islands, which in the mouths of early French settlers… …
