1 (in the past) a sailor who attacked and robbed ships at sea
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2 (especially in business) a person who achieves success in a skilful but not always honest way
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is buccaneer a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, buccaneer is tagged as noun.
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