Buccaneer
[ˌbʌkəˈnɪr]Meaning
a pirate or privateer of the Caribbean in the 17th and 18th centuries
Background Story
The name first applied to landless hunters of wild boars and cattle in the uninhabited areas of Tortuga and Hispaniola, who smoked their meat over a slow fire in huts the French called boucans. It was later applied to the corsairs and privateers who preyed on Spanish shipping and settlements, also known as the Brethren of the Coast.
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