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French
Etymology
From boucan + -ier; the original sense of the word is "adventurer hunting game to smoke its meat and sell its fur".
Pronunciation
Noun
boucanier m (plural boucaniers)
- buccaneer
1921, Alain, Propos:Au temps de Rousseau, le paisible voyageur qui naviguait en Méditerranée risquait de tomber aux mains des pirates, (...) Aujourd’hui, puisque les aventures de boucaniers reviennent à la mode, on aura occasion de penser à ce temps, (...) où l’Océan n’était pas le plus redoutable ennemi des navigateurs.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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