vrijbuiter
Dutch
Alternative forms
- vrybuyter (obsolete)
Etymology
From vrijbuiten + -er, from vrijbuit (“plunder”), from vrij (“free”) + buit (“booty”).
Pronunciation
Noun
vrijbuiter m (plural vrijbuiters, diminutive vrijbuitertje n)
- A freebooter, particularly a pirate.
Descendants
- → English: freebooter
- → French: flibustier
- → English: flibustier
- → Italian: filibustiere
- → Russian: флибустьер (flibustʹjer)
- → Spanish: filibustero
- → English: filibuster
- → Chinese: 費力把事拖/费力把事拖 (fèilìbǎshìtuō)
- → Dutch: filibuster
- → Indonesian: filibuster
- → English: filibuster
- German: Freibeuter
- → Italian: farabutto