freebooter

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F0306800 (frē′bo͞o′tər)n. A person who pillages and plunders, especially a pirate.

[Dutch vrijbuiter, from vrijbuit, plunder : vrij, free; see prī- in Indo-European roots + buit, booty (from Middle Dutch būte, of Middle Low German origin).]

freebooter

(ˈfriːˌbuːtə) n1. a person, such as a pirate, living from plunder2. informal a person, esp an itinerant, who seeks pleasure, wealth, etc, without responsibility[C16: from Dutch vrijbuiter, from vrijbuit booty; see filibuster]

free•boot•er

(ˈfriˌbu tər)

n. a person who goes about in search of plunder; pirate; buccaneer. [1560–70; Anglicization of Dutch vrijbuiter]

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freebooter - someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war)despoiler, looter, pillager, plunderer, raider, spoilerwar, warfare - the waging of armed conflict against an enemy; "thousands of people were killed in the war"buccaneer, sea robber, sea rover, pirate - someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nationstealer, thief - a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it

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Freebooter

(also filibuster, buccaneer), a sea-going pirate who in the 17th century plundered mainly Spanish ships and colonies in the Americas.

In the 1620’s freebooters controlled the island of St. Christopher (St. Kitts), which became their first base of operations, and in the 1630’s they controlled part of Hispaniola. The freebooters were predominantly English, French, and Dutch. England and France made use of the freebooters in their rivalry with Spain for conquest in the colonies. In 1671, under the leadership of the Englishman H. Morgan, they captured the city of Panama and proceeded to attack the Spanish holdings along the entire Pacific coast. In the 1680’s freebooters captured and plundered Veracruz and several other cities in Mexico, as well as several cities in Peru. The depredations of the freebooters helped weaken the ties between Spain and her American colonies and seriously damaged her maritime power.

In the 19th century the term “filibusters” was applied to North American adventurers who attacked the countries of South and Central America—for example, W. Walker’s incursions in the 1850’s into Mexico and the countries of Central America.

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noun someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war)

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