freebooter

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  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".
    — The military aspect should, however, be carefully studied, as the result may be to dispel the time-honoured connection between forest and freebooter under modern conditions with long-range rifles.
  2. One who rehosts online media without authorization, a form of intellectual property theft; one who freeboots.

词形变化

freebooters plural

词汇关系

近义词
pirate mercenary conquistador filibuster
衍生词
freebooting
相关词
filibuster
并列词
privateer

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.
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