Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to buccaneer
Participle: buccaneered
Gerund: buccaneering
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | buccaneer |
| you | buccaneer |
| he;she;it | buccaneers |
| we | buccaneer |
| you | buccaneer |
| they | buccaneer |
Perfect
| I | have buccaneered |
| you | have buccaneered |
| he;she;it | has buccaneered |
| we | have buccaneered |
| you | have buccaneered |
| they | have buccaneered |
Past
| I | buccaneered |
| you | buccaneered |
| he;she;it | buccaneered |
| we | buccaneered |
| you | buccaneered |
| they | buccaneered |
Pluperfect
| I | had buccaneered |
| you | had buccaneered |
| he;she;it | had buccaneered |
| we | had buccaneered |
| you | had buccaneered |
| they | had buccaneered |
Future
| I | will buccaneer |
| you | will buccaneer |
| he;she;it | will buccaneer |
| we | will buccaneer |
| you | will buccaneer |
| they | will buccaneer |
Future Perfect
| I | will have buccaneered |
| you | will have buccaneered |
| he;she;it | will have buccaneered |
| we | will have buccaneered |
| you | will have buccaneered |
| they | will have buccaneered |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | buccaneer |
| you | buccaneer |
| he;she;it | buccaneer |
| we | buccaneer |
| you | buccaneer |
| they | buccaneer |
Perfect
| I | have buccaneered |
| you | have buccaneered |
| he;she;it | have buccaneered |
| we | have buccaneered |
| you | have buccaneered |
| they | have buccaneered |
Imperfect
| I | buccaneered |
| you | buccaneered |
| he;she;it | buccaneered |
| we | buccaneered |
| you | buccaneered |
| they | buccaneered |
Pluperfect
| I | had buccaneered |
| you | had buccaneered |
| he;she;it | had buccaneered |
| we | had buccaneered |
| you | had buccaneered |
| they | had buccaneered |
Conditional
Present
| I | would buccaneer |
| you | would buccaneer |
| he;she;it | would buccaneer |
| we | would buccaneer |
| you | would buccaneer |
| they | would buccaneer |
Perfect
| I | would have buccaneered |
| you | would have buccaneered |
| he;she;it | would have buccaneered |
| we | would have buccaneered |
| you | would have buccaneered |
| they | would have buccaneered |
Imperative
| you | buccaneer |
| we | Let's buccaneer |
| you | buccaneer |
Verbs conjugated like 'buccaneer'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'buccaneer'
buccanier,
buccan,
auctioneer,
balladeer,
banner,
banter,
bechance,
bescatter,
bewander,
bioneer,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Tupian *mo-
3. Proto-Tupi-Guarani *mo-
4. Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kaʔẽ
5. Proto-Tupi-Guarani *mokaʔẽ
6. Old Tupi mboka'ẽbor.
7. French boucan
8. Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
9. Proto-Italic *-āzios
10. Latin -āriusnom.
11. Latin -ārius
12. Old French -ier
13. Middle French -er
14. French -ier
15. French boucanierbor.
16. English buccaneer
17. From French boucanier, from boucaner (“to smoke or broil meat and fish, to hunt wild beasts for their skins”), from boucan (“(Tupi-style) grill”), from Old Tupi moka'ẽ, mboka'ẽ (“wooden grill”). By surface analysis, buccan + -eer. See: French '
boucanier'.
Sample Sentences
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In 1596 and 1597 he bucaneered against Sao Thomi, the Portuguese slaving settlement off the coast of West Africa, and in the Spanish Main [1963, John Day, edited by Arthur Henry Bullen, The Works of John Day, page v:]