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freebooter

The origin and history of freebooter.

Etymology

Formed from free, booty and -er. It calques Dutch vrijbuiter (literally "free booty-er"), made up of vrij ("free"), buit ("booty") and -er (an occupational suffix). It is a doublet of filibuster.

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