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freebooter

/free-boo-ter/US // ˈfriˌbu tər //UK // (ˈfriːˌbuːtə) //

自由搏击者,自由搏击手,自由搏击的人,自由搏击

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person who goes about in search of plunder; pirate; buccaneer.

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Examples

  • Of life and property a fierce freebooter despoiled mankind; over the ways beset by him might no one living pass.

  • Bootmakers, like tailors, commonly sit cross-legged at their work, and hold pronounced political views; hence the term freebooter.

  • The freebooter of the green-pea trade touched his wet forelock respectfully.

  • We soon discovered crab-claws projecting from its shell, and recognized it as a hermit-crab, an original freebooter.

  • Johnnie Armstrong, the famous Border freebooter, took his title from this place, whereof not a stone remains.