flibustier
French
noun
Definitions
- A filibuster, a pirate
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch, Flemish vrijbuiter (freebooter, pirate) borrowed from English freebooter.
Origin
English
freebooter
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- booty English
- filibuster English
- flibustier English
- free English
- freebooter English
- Freibeuter German
- farabutto Italian
- vrijbuit Dutch, Flemish
- vrijbuiten Dutch, Flemish
- vrijbuiter Dutch, Flemish
- filibustrière French
- флибустьер Russian
- filibustero Spanish, Castilian
- *preyH- Proto-Indo-European