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pickeroon

pickeroon is the obsolete 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 pickeroon

pluralpickeroons

Questions about pickeroon

What is pickeroon the obsolete form of?
Pickeroon is the obsolete form of picaroon.

Words near pickeroon in the dictionary

  1. Pickering
  2. Pickering series
  3. pickeringite
  4. Pickerings
  5. Pickerington
  6. pickeroon
  7. pickeroons
  8. pickers
  9. pickers-up
  10. Pickersgill
  11. pickery

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pickeroon (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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