freebooter

n. 海盗 [法] 海盗, 强盗

发音

US /ˈfɹiːbuːtə(ɹ)/

词形变化

freebooters 复数 freebooters

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An adventurer who pillages, plunders, or thieves privately or for compensation; or wages ad-hoc war on other nations, similar to mercenary; also a "freeboot".

  2. 2.

    One who rehosts online media without authorization, a form of intellectual property theft; one who freeboots.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 6

spoiler raider despoiler looter pillager plunderer

上位词 2

thief stealer

下位词 4

pirate buccaneer sea-robber sea rover

词源

From free + booty + -er. Calque of Dutch vrijbuiter (literally “free booty-er”), from vrij (“free”) + buit (“booty”) + -er (occupational suffix). Doublet of filibuster.

来源：wiktionary