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picaroon

 
Dictionary: pic·a·roon
(pĭk'ə-rūn') pronunciation
n.
    1. A pirate.
    2. A pirate ship.
  1. See picaro (sense 1).
intr.v., -rooned, -roon·ing, -roons.
To act as a pirate.

[Spanish picarón, augmentative of pícaro, picaro. See picaro.]


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[Sp. picaron]  /pik uh ROON/
1) a rogue or adventurer; a bohemian  2) a pirate, corsair  3) a small pirate ship
 
 
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