boucanier
- Domaine
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- marine
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Définition :
L'un des aventuriers qui, installé sur l'île de Saint-Domingue (anciennement Hispaniola) au XVIIe siècle, devinrent rapidement la terreur des colonies espagnoles, puis s'unirent aux flibustiers pour former une véritable association de piraterie dont le but était la capture et le pillage des galions espagnols. Ils se nourrissaient de bœuf sauvage qu'ils chassaient et dont ils boucanaient la viande. .
Note :
La différence entre un boucanier et un pirate est que les premiers ne pillaient jamais les navires de leur propre pays.
Terme privilégié :
- boucanier n. m.
Traductions
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anglais
Auteur : Office québécois de la langue française,Note :
Known among themselves by the romantic title of "brethren of the coast", the buccaneers styled themselves privateers, but since they seldom carried valid commissions, they differed from pirates only by virtue of the fact that they did not prey on ships of their own nation. The world itself is derived from the French "boucan" or grill, for cooking dried meat. It came into use after the publication of Esquemeling's classic "Bucaniers of America" in 1684, translated in 1684. Buccaneers were called by the Dutch "zee-rovers", by the Spanish "corsarios", and by the French "flibustiers". They were inspired by the tradition of the Elizabethan privateers and became prominent for their marauding activities in the Caribbean after the capture of Jamaica in 1655, and later in the Pacific. Early bands were composed of adventurers of all sorts, whom Sir Henry Morgan welded into an efficient force to capture Panama in 1671. They were excellent seamen and included several remarkable characters. Many of them made remarkable voyages around the world.
Terme :
- buccaneer