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  • 62pirate — [15] A pirate is etymologically someone who makes an ‘attempt’ or ‘attack’ on someone. The word comes via Latin pīrāta (where the notion of a ‘sea robber’ first emerged) from Greek peirātés ‘attacker, marauder’, a derivative of the verb peiran… …

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  • 63pirate — (n.) mid 13c., from O.Fr. pirate, from L. pirata sailor, sea robber, from Gk. peirates brigand, pirate, lit. one who attacks, from peiran to attack, make a hostile attempt on, try, from peira trial, an attempt, attack, from PIE root *per try (Cf …

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  • 64rover — I. /ˈroʊvə / (say rohvuh) noun 1. someone who roves; a wanderer. 2. Astronautics a small vehicle which is launched from a lander spacecraft and used to explore the surface of a planet or moon. 3. Archery a. a mark selected at random. b. any of a… …

  • 65Viking — /ˈvaɪkɪŋ/ (say vuyking) noun (sometimes lower case) 1. a Scandinavian rover or sea robber of the type that roamed the seas about northern and western Europe during the 8th, 9th, and 10th centuries, making raids upon the coasts. 2. either of two… …

  • 66pirate — [15] A pirate is etymologically someone who makes an ‘attempt’ or ‘attack’ on someone. The word comes via Latin pīrāta (where the notion of a ‘sea robber’ first emerged) from Greek peirātés ‘attacker, marauder’, a derivative of the verb peiran… …

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  • 67buccaneer — [buk΄ə nir′] n. [Fr boucanier, user of a boucan, native Brazilian grill for roasting meat; orig. applied to Fr hunters of wild oxen in Haiti] a pirate, or sea robber, esp. one who raided along the Spanish coasts of America in the 17th cent …

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  • 68rover — 1. n. 1 a roving person; a wanderer. 2 Croquet a a ball that has passed all the hoops but not pegged out. b a player whose ball is a rover. 3 Archery a a mark chosen at undetermined range. b a mark for long distance shooting. 4 (Rover) Brit. a… …

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