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SEA ROVER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation
Synonyms:
buccaneer; pirate; sea robber; sea rover
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("sea rover" is a kind of...):
despoiler; freebooter; looter; pillager; plunderer; raider; spoiler (someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sea rover"):
Barbary pirate; corsair (a pirate along the Barbary Coast)
sea king (a Viking pirate chief)
Instance hyponyms:
Jean Laffite; Jean Lafitte; Laffite; Lafitte (French pirate who aided the United States in the War of 1812 and received an official pardon for his crimes (1780-1826))
Henry Morgan; Morgan; Sir Henry Morgan (a Welsh buccaneer who raided Spanish colonies in the West Indies for the English (1635-1688))
Bartholomew Roberts; Roberts (a Welsh pirate credited with having taken more than 400 ships (1682-1722))
Blackbeard; Edward Teach; Edward Thatch; Teach; Thatch (an English pirate who operated in the Caribbean and off the Atlantic coast of North America (died in 1718))
