English > sea rover: 1 sense > noun 1, person | Meaning | someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation. |
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| Synonyms | pirate, buccaneer, sea robber |
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| Instances | Laffite, Lafitte, Jean Laffite, Jean Lafitte | French pirate who aided the United States in the War of 1812 and received an official pardon for his crimes (1780-1826) |
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| Morgan, Henry Morgan, Sir Henry Morgan | A Welsh buccaneer who raided Spanish colonies in the West Indies for the English (1635-1688) |
| Roberts, Bartholomew Roberts | A Welsh pirate credited with having taken more than 400 ships (1682-1722) |
| Teach, Edward Teach, Thatch, Edward Thatch, Blackbeard | An English pirate who operated in the Caribbean and off the Atlantic coast of North America (died in 1718) |
| Narrower | corsair, Barbary pirate | A pirate along the Barbary Coast |
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| sea king | A Viking pirate chief |
| Broader | plunderer, pillager, looter, spoiler, despoiler, raider, freebooter | someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war) |
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| Spanish | bucanero, corsario, filibustero, pirata |
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| Catalan | bucaner, filibuster, pirata |
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