freebooter

freebooter
freebooter 1560s, loan-translation of Du. vrijbuiter "plunderer, robber," from vrijbuiten "to rob, plunder," from vrijbuit "plunder," lit. "free booty," from vrij "free" + buit "booty," from buiten "to exchange or plunder," from M.Du. buten, related to M.L.G. bute "exchange" (see BOOTY (Cf. booty)). Cf. FILIBUSTER (Cf. filibuster). The back-formed verb freeboot is recorded from 1590s.

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  • freebooter — *pirate, buccaneer, privateer, corsair …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • freebooter — [frē′bo͞ot΄ər] n. [Du vrijbuiter < vrijbuiten, to plunder < vrij, free + buit, plunder] a plunderer; specif., a pirate …   English World dictionary

  • Freebooter (comics) — Superherobox| caption=Freebooter. comic color=background:#ff8080 character name=Freebooter real name=Brandon Cross publisher=Marvel Comics debut= A Next vol. 1 #4 (1999) creators=Tom DeFalco Brent Anderson alliance color=background:#ffc0c0… …   Wikipedia

  • freebooter — noun Etymology: by folk etymology from Dutch vrijbuiter, from vrijbuit plunder, from vrij free + buit booty Date: 1570 pirate, plunderer • freeboot intransitive verb …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • freebooter — /free booh teuhr/, n. a person who goes about in search of plunder; pirate; buccaneer. [1560 70; Anglicization of D vrijbuiter, equiv. to vrij free + buit BOOTY + er ER1] * * * …   Universalium

  • freebooter — noun A pirate, or person who pillages and plunders Syn: pirate See Also: filibuster …   Wiktionary

  • freebooter — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. pirate, buccaneer, plunderer, marauder; see pirate …   English dictionary for students

  • freebooter — free|boot|er [ˈfri:bu:tə US ər] n [Date: 1500 1600; : Dutch; Origin: vrijbuiter, from vrij free + buit stolen things, booty ] someone who joins in a war in order to steal other people s goods and money …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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