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pickaroon

pickaroon is the archaic form of picaroon.

Meaning of picaroon

Noun (1)

picaroon (plural picaroons)

  1. A pirate or picaro.
  2. A pirate ship.
    Synonyms:
    corsair, privateer
  3. A rogue.
    Synonyms:
    brigand, knave, rogue

Noun (2)

picaroon (plural picaroons)

  1. A tool consisting of a curved spike or hook, fitted to a long shaft, used in logging and fishing to snag, move and hold.

See all 5 meanings of picaroon

Forms of pickaroon

pluralpickaroons

Questions about pickaroon

What is pickaroon the archaic form of?
Pickaroon is the archaic form of picaroon.

Words near pickaroon in the dictionary

  1. pickaninny Christmas
  2. pickapack
  3. Pickar
  4. Pickard
  5. Pickards
  6. pickaroon
  7. pickaroons
  8. Pickars
  9. Pickaway
  10. Pickaway County
  11. pickax

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pickaroon (page history and authors); picaroon (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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