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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Freebooter \Free"boot`er\, n. [D. vrijbuiter fr vrijbuiten to plunder; vrij free + buit booty, akin to E. booty. See {Free}, and {Booty}, and cf {Filibuster}.] One who plunders or pillages without the authority of national warfare; a member of a predatory band; a pillager; a buccaneer; a sea robber. --Bacon. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: freebooter n : someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war) [syn: {plunderer}, {pillager}, {looter}, {spoiler}, {despoiler}, {raider}] From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: FREEBOOTER, n. A conqueror in a small way of business, whose annexations lack of the sanctifying merit of magnitude.
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