freebooter

2 definitions found

freebooter - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
     [1913 Webster]

freebooter - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  freebooter
      n 1: someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war) [syn:
           plunderer, pillager, looter, spoiler, despoiler,
           raider, freebooter]