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freebooter

/ˈfɹiːbuːtə(ɹ)/

freebooter noun: an adventurer who pillages, plunders, or thieves privately or for compensation; or wages ad-hoc war on other nations, similar to mercenary; also a "freeboot".

Noun

freebooter (plural freebooters)

  1. An adventurer who pillages, plunders, or thieves privately or for compensation; or wages ad-hoc war on other nations, similar to mercenary; also a "freeboot".
    • The military aspect should, however, be carefully studied, as the result may be to dispel the time-honoured connection between forest and freebooter under modern conditions with long-range rifles.1901 May 10, G. H. Davies, “Forest in War”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record, volume 4, number 5, page 142
  2. One who rehosts online media without authorization, a form of intellectual property theft; one who freeboots.

freebooter meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam

freebooter in Hindi

freebooter, plunderer
पिंडारा piṇḍārā

freebooter in Tamil

கடற்கொள்ளைக்காரன்

freebooter in Urdu

پنڈاری

freebooter in Malayalam

കടൽക്കള്ളൻ, കടൽക്കൊള്ളക്കാരൻ, ചുറ്റിനടന്നു കൊള്ള നടത്തുന്നവൻ, കവർച്ചക്കാരൻ

Synonyms of freebooter

Forms of freebooter

pluralfreebooters

Origin of freebooter

From free + booty + -er. Calque of Dutch vrijbuiter (literally “free booty-er”), from vrij (“free”) + buit (“booty”) + -er (occupational suffix). Doublet of filibuster.

Words formed from freebooter

Questions about freebooter

What does freebooter mean?
Freebooter means an adventurer who pillages, plunders, or thieves privately or for compensation; or wages ad-hoc war on other nations, similar to mercenary; also a "freeboot".
What is freebooter in Hindi?
Freebooter in Hindi is पिंडारा (piṇḍārā). See Freebooter meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is freebooter?
Freebooter is a noun.
How do you pronounce freebooter?
Freebooter is pronounced /ˈfɹiːbuːtə(ɹ)/.
What is the plural of freebooter?
The plural of freebooter is freebooters.

Words near freebooter in the dictionary

  1. freeboobers
  2. freeboobing
  3. freeboobs
  4. freeboot
  5. freebooted
  6. freebooter
  7. freebooters
  8. freebootery
  9. freebooting
  10. freeboots
  11. freebooty

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Adapted from Wiktionary: freebooter (page history and authors); पिंडारा (Hindi) (page history and authors); freebooter (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); freebooter (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); freebooter (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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