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buccaneerMember of any of various groups of seafarers who plundered Spanish ships and colonies on the Spanish American coast in the 17th century. Unlike true pirates, they were acting on (sometimes spurious) commission. mainly British, some were French, Dutch, and Portuguese. Among the best known was Henry Morgan. The ranks of the buccaneers were divided by the outbreak of war between England and France 1689, and the growth of naval power in the 18th century put an end to their activities. |
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| They cast a fearful glance at the spot where the buccaneer had disappeared, almost expecting to see him sailing on his chest in the cool moonshine. My youthful modesty scarcely let me dare believe that the hardened old buccaneer was even more drunk. The buccaneer on the wave might relinquish his calling and become at once if he chose, a man of probity and piety on land; nor, even in the full career of his reckless life, was he regarded as a personage with whom it was disreputable to traffic or casually associate. |
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