freebooter

[Dutch vrijbuiter, from vrijbuit, plunder : vrij, free + buit, booty (from Middle Dutch būte , of Middle Low German origin).]

n.

A conqueror in a small way of business, whose annexations lack of the sanctifying merit of magnitude.

The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war)
  Synonyms: plunderer, pillager, looter, spoiler, despoiler, raider

Freebooter may refer to:

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• Marine freebooters, or pirates.
• Filibuster (military), a group of individuals who engage in unauthorized warfare against foreign countries.
• Rapparee, the Irish usage.
• Freebooter (comics), a fictional character.
• Freebooters (band)
• Freebooter Script, a font.

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