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   buccaneer

   /ˌbʌkəˈnɪə/

   noun

   • 1. a pirate, originally one operating in the Caribbean: historical "the marauding buccaneers who used to terrorize the Mediterranean coasts"
   • ▪ a person who acts in a recklessly adventurous and often unscrupulous way, especially in business: historical "the company might be a target for an individual buccaneer seeking power and prestige"

   Word Origin mid 17th century (originally denoting European hunters in the Caribbean): from French boucanier, from boucan ‘a frame on which to cook or cure meat’, from Tupi mukem.

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