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Meaning of FREEBOOTER

Pronunciation:  'free`bootur

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
[n]  someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war)
 

FREEBOOTER is a 10 letter word that starts with F.

 

 Synonyms: despoiler, looter, pillager, plunderer, raider, spoiler
 
 See Also: buccaneer, pirate, sea robber, sea rover, stealer, thief

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Free"boot`er\, n. [D. vrijbuiter, fr. vrijbuiten to
plunder; vrij free + buit booty, akin to E. booty. See
{Free}, and {Booty}, and cf. {Filibuster}.]
One who plunders or pillages without the authority of
national warfare; a member of a predatory band; a pillager; a
buccaneer; a sea robber. --Bacon.

 

 

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