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flibustier

flibustier noun: a French buccaneer; a French pirate in the Americas.

Noun

flibustier (plural flibustiers)

  1. (obsolete) A French buccaneer; a French pirate in the Americas.
    • I have even, to the great terror of Angelina, commanded it as a flibustier captain, in a certain encounter with a Spanish pirate, in which I came off victorious.1845, Eugene Sue, The Female Bluebeard: Or, the Adventurer, tr. from French, publ. by W. Strange, page 209.

Forms of flibustier

pluralflibustiers

Origin of flibustier

Borrowed from French flibustier.

Questions about flibustier

What does flibustier mean?
Flibustier means a French buccaneer; a French pirate in the Americas.
What part of speech is flibustier?
Flibustier is a noun.
What is the plural of flibustier?
The plural of flibustier is flibustiers.

Words near flibustier in the dictionary

  1. flibbertigibbets
  2. flibbertigibbety
  3. flibberty-gibbet
  4. flibberty-gibbets
  5. flibbets
  6. flibustier
  7. flibustiers
  8. flic
  9. flic-flac
  10. flic-flacs
  11. FLICE

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