пират — meaning in English
pirat
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English meaning
- buccaneer noun A pirate, especially one of the 17th-century seafarers who raided Spanish ships and settlements in the Caribbean.
- corsair noun A French privateer, especially from the port of Saint-Malo.
- filibuster noun A tactic used in a legislature — typically extended, often irrelevant speeches — to stall a vote or block a decision.
- freebooter noun Someone who raids and steals, often working alone or for pay, rather like a mercenary.
- pirate noun Someone who attacks and robs ships at sea.
Senses
пират is used for these senses in English:
- buccaneer A pirate.
- corsair A privateer or pirate in general.
- filibuster (historical) A mercenary soldier; a freebooter; specifically, a mercenary who travelled illegally in an organized group from the United States to a country in Central America or the Spanish West Indies in the mid-19th century seeking economic and political benefits through armed force.
- freebooter 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".
- pirate (crime) A criminal who plunders at sea; commonly attacking merchant vessels, though often pillaging port towns.
- pirate (by extension) One who breaks intellectual property laws by reproducing protected works without permission.
buccaneer — full definition
- noun A pirate, especially one of the 17th-century seafarers who raided Spanish ships and settlements in the Caribbean.
- noun Someone who acts in a bold, adventurous, and slightly unscrupulous way, especially in business.
corsair — full definition
- noun A French privateer, especially from the port of Saint-Malo.
- noun A pirate or privateer, in a more general sense.
- noun The vessel used by such pirates or privateers, particularly a French one.
- noun A nocturnal insect of the genus Rasahus, an assassin bug found in the southern United States.
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