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buccaneer

n. கடற்கொள்ளைக்காரர், கடலோடி, ஸ்பானிய அமெரிக்கக் கடலோரக்கொள்ளைக்காரர், நாடோ டி, வீர வேட்டையாடி வாழ்பவர், (வினை) கடற்கொள்ளைக் காரனாகக் செயலாற்று.


Buc`ca*neer", n. Etym: [F. boucanier, fr. boucaner to smoke or broil meat and fish, to hunt wild beasts for their skins, boucan a smoking place for meat or fish, gridiron for smoking: a word of American origin.] Defn: A robber upon the sea; a pirate; -- a term applied especially to the piratical adventurers who made depredations on the Spaniards in America in the 17th and 18th centuries. [Written also bucanier.] Note: Primarily, one who dries and smokes flesh or fish after the manner of the Indians. The name was first given to the French settlers in Hayti or Hispaniola, whose business was to hunt wild cattle and swine. Buc`ca*neer", v. i. Defn: To act the part of a buccaneer; to live as a piratical adventurer or sea robber.


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