pirate

English

/ˈpaɪ̯(ə)ɹɪt/

noun
Definitions
  • A criminal who plunders at sea; commonly attacking merchant vessels, though often pillaging port towns.
  • An armed ship or vessel that sails for the purpose of plundering other vessels.
  • One who breaks intellectual property laws by reproducing protected works without permission
  • (ornithology) A bird which practises kleptoparasitism.
  • A kind of marble in children's games.

Etymology

Derived from Old French pirate derived from Latin pīrāta (pirate) derived from Ancient Greek πειρατής (pirate) root from Proto-Indo-European *per- (risk, bring forth, fare, through, try, go, traverse, across, carry forth, bring forward, produce, procure, forth, before, attempt, over, go over, pass through, go through, beyond, research, bear, forward, penetrate, put across, sell, lead across, front, formerly, dare, throughout, ferry, cross, transfer, pierce, strike, a going, peril, first, beat, out, passage, of, bring carry over, pass, next, in front).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*per-

Gloss

risk, bring forth, fare, through, try, go, traverse, across, carry forth, bring forward, produce, procure, forth, before, attempt, over, go over, pass through, go through, beyond, research, bear, forward, penetrate, put across, sell, lead across, front, formerly, dare, throughout, ferry, cross, transfer, pierce, strike, a going, peril, first, beat, out, passage, of, bring carry over, pass, next, in front

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