Associations to the word «Freebooter»

Wiktionary

FREEBOOTER, noun. An adventurer who pillages, plunders or wages ad-hoc war on other nations.
FREEBOOTER, noun. One who rehosts online media without authorization; one who freeboots.

Dictionary definition

FREEBOOTER, noun. Someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war).

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats