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Sea rover   Listen
noun
Sea rover  n.  One that cruises or roves the sea for plunder; a sea robber; a pirate; also, a piratical vessel.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Sea rover" Quotes from Famous Books



... heart for her children, and that she was unkind to them. But many days thereafter I learned that a strange ship had been seen bearing outward between Gigha and Cara; and it was the ship of Rapp the Icelander, the cruellest sea rover that ever sailed upon the western seas. Then did I believe that neither kelpie nor kraken had taken my bairns, but Rapp ...
— The Thirsty Sword • Robert Leighton

... young sea rover beyond measure and he diverted himself with pictures of a cleaner, kindlier world than he had ever known. In the small hours of the night, the twain drowsed upon their frail platform which floated as a speck on the shrouded ocean. The waves splashed over the spars as the breeze ...
— Blackbeard: Buccaneer • Ralph D. Paine

... Blackbeard married a young girl, his thirteenth wife, and settled down near Bath with the intention, apparently, of becoming a peaceable citizen; but his good resolutions were soon broken; "being good" did not appeal to the bold sea rover, and soon he was back again on the high seas, pursuing unchecked ...
— In Ancient Albemarle • Catherine Albertson



Words linked to "Sea rover" :   buccaneer, Lafitte, Sir Henry Morgan, pirate, looter, Laffite, Bartholomew Roberts, freebooter, Henry Morgan, Edward Teach, Roberts, Jean Laffite, raider, sea robber



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