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BUCANIERS (BUCANI'ERS) n.s. A cant word for the privateers, or pirates, of America.

• The history of the bucaniers being an impartial relation of all the battels, sieges, and other most eminent assaults committed for several years upon the coasts of the West-Indies by the pirates of Jamaica and Tortuga, both English & other nations : more especially the unparallel'd atchievements of Sir H.M. A.O. Exquemelin, 1684, London: Printed for Tho. Malthus ... or ​​Bucaniers of America the second volume : containing the dangerous voyage and bold attempts of Captain Bartholomew Sharp, and others, performed upon the coasts of the South Sea, for the space of two years, &c. : from the original journal of the said voyage / written by ... Basil Ringrose, Gent., who was all along present at those transactions. , London : Printed for William Crooke ..., 1685. [BKG Note: the translator into English of these titles is unknown.  The Dedication in the 1684 title is signed "A.B," perhaps Abel Boyer (1667-1729), a French-English lexicographer, journalist and miscellaneous writer.   There were subsequent printings, including a 1741 4th Edition which may have been seen by SJ.  In a personal communication, Alexander Bocast observes that this title is unusual in the spelling of bucaniers, and that SJ does not define the singular, so this title may be SJ's source of the term.  A few other titles, but none earlier, and none after 1699, with the single "c" spelling of bucaniers in their text have been identified in a search of Early English Books Online.  All use the plural form.]
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