English-Thai Dictionary

buccaneer

N โจรสลัด  pirate jon-sa-lad

 

buccaneerish

A ที่ เกี่ยวกับ โจรสลัด  ti-kiao-kab-jon-sa-lad

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

BUCCANEER

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.

 

BUCCANEER

BUCCANEER Buc `ca *neer ", v. i.

 

Defn: To act the part of a buccaneer; to live as a piratical adventurer or sea robber.

 

BUCCANEERISH

BUCCANEERISH Buc `ca *neer "ish, a.

 

Defn: Like a buccaneer; piratical.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

buccaneer

buc ca neer |ˌbəkəˈni (ə )r ˈˌbəkəˈˌnɪ (ə )r | ▶noun historical a pirate, originally off the Spanish-American coasts. • a daring, adventurous, and sometimes reckless person, esp. in business: [ as modifier ] : a shrewd and buccaneering businessman. ORIGIN mid 17th cent. (originally denoting European hunters in the Caribbean ): from French boucanier, from boucan ‘a frame on which to cook or cure meat, ’ from Tupi mukem.

 

buccaneering

buc ca neer ing |ˌbəkəˈniriNG ˈˌbəkəˈˌnɪ (ə )rɪŋ | ▶adjective daring and adventurous (often used in a business context ): the buccaneering nature of the oil-transport industry.

 

Oxford Dictionary

buccaneer

buccaneer |ˌbʌkəˈnɪə | ▶noun historical a pirate, originally one operating in the Caribbean. • a person who acts in a recklessly adventurous and often unscrupulous way, especially in business. ORIGIN mid 17th cent. (originally denoting European hunters in the Caribbean ): from French boucanier, from boucan ‘a frame on which to cook or cure meat ’, from Tupi mukem.

 

buccaneering

buc ¦can ¦eer |ing |bʌkəˈnɪərɪŋ | ▶adjective (especially in a business context ) high-risk and adventurous: the buccaneering nature of the oil-transport industry.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

buccaneer

buccaneer noun a crew of swashbuckling buccaneers: pirate, marauder, raider, sea rover, freebooter, plunderer, cut-throat, privateer, Viking, bandit, robber, desperado; adventurer, swashbuckler; archaic corsair.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

buccaneer

buc ca neer /bʌ̀kənɪ́ə r /名詞 C 1 〘史 〙バカニア 〘17 --18世紀にスペインの船 植民地を襲った海賊 〙.2 あこぎな実業家 [政治家 ], (政界 財界の )山師 .