flibustier

The Dutch word for pirate was vrijbuiter-a word that eventually led to the French term flibustier and the Spanish term filibustero.

mental_floss Blog 2009

The word itself has always seemed a wee bit creepy to me: filibuster (n.) 1580s, flibutor “pirate,” probably ultimately from Du. vrijbuiter “freebooter,” used of pirates in the West Indies as Sp. filibustero and Fr. flibustier, either or both of which gave the word to Amer.

Think Progress » New poll finds more Americans in favor of eliminating the filibuster. 2010

Interior photograph courtesy of iStockphoto.com/flibustier

Chicken Soup for the Soul: What I Learned from the Cat Jack Canfield 2009

Interior photograph courtesy of iStockphoto.com/flibustier

Chicken Soup for the Soul: What I Learned from the Cat Jack Canfield 2009

Interior photograph courtesy of iStockphoto.com/flibustier

Chicken Soup for the Soul: What I Learned from the Cat Jack Canfield 2009

Interior photograph courtesy of iStockphoto.com/flibustier

Chicken Soup for the Soul: What I Learned from the Cat Jack Canfield 2009

A still more vivid memory of it may be found in their old bowling green, which is still the "Boulingrin" of the Boulevard St. Hilaire (see Map B), a word with which Brachet compares "flibustier," "poulie," and others.

The Story of Rouen Theodore Andrea Cook 1897

Branch, began to find good account in his change of character from the flibustier of the Keys into that of smuggler and trader of the Chesapeake.

Rob of the bowl : a legend of St. Inigoe's, 1872

This term was derived from the French word flibustier, which came from the Dutch word vrijbuiter

LearnHub Activities 2008

This term was derived from the French word flibustier, which came from the Dutch word vrijbuiter

LearnHub Activities 2008