Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of reduvioid bugs, typical of a subfamily Piratinæ, having the third joint of the hind tarsi as long as the first and second joints together, and that part of the head which bears the ocelli slightly elevated.
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- noun Plural form of
pirate .
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Examples
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"The suggestion that we are eco-terrorists is ridiculous but I have no problem with the term pirates," says Mr Roest.
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"The suggestion that we are eco-terrorists is ridiculous but I have no problem with the term pirates," says Mr Roest.
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But for the current citizens of San Juan Capistrano putting on their costumes for the annual replay of the attack, the word "pirates" naturally sounds sexier than "anti-colonial fighters."
Nicolás Meyer: California In Argentine Hands: A Brief History Lesson Nicolás Meyer 2011
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Beating a few half-starved war refugees calling themselves pirates is hardly a military accomplishment.
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I could picture brand in pirates, jacks brother me heartys?
Meryl Streep to Serve Russell Brand in the Arthur Remake? | /Film 2010
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Labels: onions, pimpin ', pirates posted by Angus @ 4/29/2009 02: 14: 00 PM
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Labels: pimpin ', pirates, we are so screwed posted by Angus @ 3/30/2009 08: 58: 00 AM
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Jolly Rogers, named for the skull and cross-bone symbol of bygone pirates, is being marketed by the Velcro Kids Company as part of a play set that allows children to assemble castles or ships and imagine themselves aboard.
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Labels: pimpin ', pirates, wtf? posted by Angus @ 5/23/2009 07: 12: 00 PM
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Sunday: One of the pirates is seen pointing an AK-47 at Phillips.
elgiad007 commented on the word pirates
Profoundly Incredulous and Reconditely Acronymic Title Endowment Specialist.
November 9, 2008
Telofy commented on the word pirates
The German pirate party’s (“Piratenpartei�?) color is orange.
September 15, 2009
sionnach commented on the word pirates
Arr! Only 4 more days till " Talk Like a Pirate Day ", maties!
September 16, 2009
reesetee commented on the word pirates
ARR! It's on my list!
September 16, 2009
hernesheir commented on the word pirates
I wish someone would start a talk like the Muppets' Swedish Chef day. Bork bork bork!
September 16, 2009
reesetee commented on the word pirates
I love that guy.
September 16, 2009
dontcry commented on the word pirates
Yo, ho, ho...
September 16, 2009
hernesheir commented on the word pirates
"Pilates" in Asia, where the American /r/ is thought to be somewhat problematic to pronounce. Which begs the question: Is there an Int'l Pilates Day? Some would say "if not, there should be".
September 17, 2009
sionnach commented on the word pirates
This is your captain speaking. We will shortly reach our cruising altitude of 35,000 feet. At which point, you should all feel free to 'talk like a pilot'. But please keep your seatbelts fastened as you do so, folks - you never know when we might hit some unexpected turbulence, maties!
September 17, 2009
madmouth commented on the word pirates
American 'r' is problematic for almost everyone (being unique or at any rate extremely rare in world phonology). It's just that, say, French and German speakers replace it with their 'r', which sounds to our ears more r-like than, say, the Japanese 'r'.
September 17, 2009
Telofy commented on the word pirates
Talk Like a Pirate Day might actually be fun.
On a normal day:
Someone: “C’mon, talk like a pirate, pal!�?
Somebody: “No.�?
On a September 19:
Someone: “C’mon, talk like a pirate, pal!�?
Somebody: “I’m disinclined to acquiesce.�?
(My reaction about the r-sounds somehow ended up on devoicing.)
September 17, 2009
chained_bear commented on the word pirates
"Yet if royal edicts, Spanish vigilance, and cochineal biology combined to make it almost impossible for foreigners to steal cochineal from Mexico, the fact remained that at some point the processed dyestuff had to be shipped across the Atlantic to Seville. Even the most experienced Spanish captains regarded this voyage with some trepidation, for they knew that their enemies might attack at any moment--'Pirats,' as the poet-adventurer John Donne described them, 'which doe know/That there come weak ships fraught with Cutchannel,/The men board them.'"
Bold and cunning, these pirates were determined to smash the Spanish monopoly and seize the transatlantic cochineal trade for themselves."
Amy Butler Greenfield, A Perfect Red: Empire, Espionage, and the Quest for the Color of Desire (New York: Harper Collins, 2005), 109.
See also comment on Sea Beggars.
October 5, 2017