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freebooters

freebooters is the plural of freebooter.

Meaning of freebooter

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.

Questions about freebooters

What is freebooters the plural of?
Freebooters is the plural of freebooter.

Words near freebooters in the dictionary

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

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