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- Dutch · calque ofvrijbuiter
- English todayfreebooter
From free + booty + -er. Calque of Dutch vrijbuiter (literally “free booty-er”), from vrij (“free”) + buit (“booty”) + -er (occupational suffix). Doublet of filibuster.
Words from the same roots
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.