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BLACKBEARD
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• BLACKBEARD (noun)
The noun BLACKBEARD has 1 sense:
1. an English pirate who operated in the Caribbean and off the Atlantic coast of North America (died in 1718)
Familiarity information: BLACKBEARD used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
An English pirate who operated in the Caribbean and off the Atlantic coast of North America (died in 1718)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Blackbeard; Edward Teach; Edward Thatch; Teach; Thatch
Instance hypernyms:
buccaneer; pirate; sea robber; sea rover (someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation)
Context examples
Blackbeard was a child to Flint.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
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