sea rover

/si ˌroʊvər/

Other forms: sea rovers

Definitions of sea rover

1. noun

   someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation
   synonyms: buccaneer, pirate, sea robber

   examples:

   Jean Laffite

   French pirate who aided the United States in the War of 1812 and received an official pardon for his crimes (1780-1826)

   Sir Henry Morgan

   a Welsh buccaneer who raided Spanish colonies in the West Indies for the English (1635-1688)

   Bartholomew Roberts

   a Welsh pirate credited with having taken more than 400 ships (1682-1722)

   Edward Thatch

   an English pirate who operated in the Caribbean and off the Atlantic coast of North America (died in 1718)

   types:

   Barbary pirate, corsair

   a pirate along the Barbary Coast

   sea king

   a Viking pirate chief

   type of:

   despoiler, freebooter, looter, pillager, plunderer, raider, spoiler

   someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war)