buccaneer

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buc·ca·neer / ˌbəkəˈnir/ • n. hist. a pirate, originally off the Spanish-American coasts. ∎  a daring, adventurous, and sometimes reckless person, esp. 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.

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