sea rover

3 definitions found

sea rover - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Sea rover \Sea" rov"er\
     One that cruises or roves the sea for plunder; a sea robber;
     a pirate; also, a piratical vessel.
     [1913 Webster]

sea rover - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  sea rover
      n 1: someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea
           without having a commission from any sovereign nation [syn:
           pirate, buccaneer, sea robber, sea rover]

sea rover - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  56 Moby Thesaurus words for "sea rover":
     AB, Ancient Mariner, Argonaut, Blackbeard, Captain Hook,
     Captain Kidd, Dylan, Flying Dutchman, Henry Morgan, Jean Lafitte,
     Neptune, OD, Poseidon, Varuna, able seaman, able-bodied seaman,
     air pirate, airplane hijacker, bluejacket, buccaneer, corsair,
     deep-sea man, fair-weather sailor, fisherman, freebooter, hearty,
     jack, jack afloat, jack-tar, jacky, limey, lobsterman, mariner,
     matelot, navigator, picaroon, pirate, privateer, rover, sailor,
     salt, sea dog, sea king, sea robber, sea wolf, seafarer,
     seafaring man, seaman, shipman, skyjacker, tar, viking, water dog,
     whaler, windjammer, windsailor