Meaning of "picaroon" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PICAROON

From Spanish picarón, from pícaro.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF PICAROON

picaroon  [ˌpɪkəˈruːn]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PICAROON

Picaroon is a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PICAROON MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Piracy

Piracy is typically an act of robbery or criminal violence at sea. The term can include acts committed on land, in the air, or in other major bodies of water or on a shore. It does not normally include crimes committed against persons traveling on the same vessel as the perpetrator. The term has been used throughout history to refer to raids across land borders by non-state agents. Piracy or pirating is the name of a specific crime under customary international law and also the name of a number of crimes under the municipal law of a number of States. It is distinguished from privateering, which is authorized by national authorities and therefore a legitimate form of war-like activity by non-state actors. Privateering is considered commerce raiding, and was outlawed by the Peace of Westphalia for signatories to those treaties. Those who engage in acts of piracy are called pirates. In the 21st century, the international community is facing many problems in bringing pirates to justice.

Definition of picaroon in the English dictionary

The definition of picaroon in the dictionary is an adventurer or rogue.

TRANSLATION OF PICAROON

Find out the translation of picaroon to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of picaroon from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «picaroon» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 当海盗
• Translator English - Spanish: picaroon
• English: picaroon
• Translator English - Hindi: picaroon
• Translator English - Arabic: picaroon
• Translator English - Russian: picaroon
• Translator English - Portuguese: picaroon
• Translator English - Bengali: জলদসু্য
• Translator English - French: picaroon
• Translator English - Malay: Picaroon
• Translator English - German: picaroon
• Translator English - Japanese: picaroon
• Translator English - Korean: picaroon
• Translator English - Javanese: Panjaluke
• Translator English - Vietnamese: kẻ trộm
• Translator English - Tamil: போக்கிரி
• Translator English - Marathi: पिचून
• Translator English - Turkish: korsan
• Translator English - Italian: ladro
• Translator English - Polish: Picaroon
• Translator English - Ukrainian: picaroon
• Translator English - Romanian: aventurier
• Translator English - Greek: τυχοδιώκτη
• Translator English - Afrikaans: picaroon
• Translator English - Swedish: picaroon
• Translator English - Norwegian: picaroon

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PICAROON»

Discover the use of picaroon in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to picaroon and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Picaroon

Eventually, Kincaid travels deep into the parched barrens of the Queensland outback to the scene of a psychopathic rampage that shocked a nation. AUTHOR BIO William Efford was born in Montreal, Quebec.

William Efford, 2009

The picaroon, by the author of 'Makanna'.

THE. PICAROON. CHAPTER I. — " You would pluck out the heart of my mystery. The shades of coming night were fast wrapping the gorge of St. Vincent's Rocks, through which the Avon, after laving the shores of Clifton, advances towards the ...

Picaroon, 1837

Refutation of the mistatements and calumnies contained in ...

But, according to Mr Lockhart, he was a " most reckless, thoughtless, improvident adventurer," without reflection and without probity, having neither steadiness, consistency, nor principle of any kind, and withal, a sort of picaroon or plunderer in ...

Ballantyne & Company, John Alexander Ballantyne, John Gibson Lockhart, 1838

On the Margins: The Art of Exile in V.S. Naipaul

More generally, the picaroon society is a society of limitations, of a paucity of traditions and institutions where the individual carries the burden of making meaning and making his way; it is a society on the margins of others' power and ...

Timothy Weiss, 1992

Refutation of the mistatements and calumnies contained in ...

But, according to Mr Lockhart, he was a " most reckless, thoughtless, improvident adventurer," without reflection and without probity, having neither steadiness, consistency, nor principle of any kind, and withal, a sort of picaroon or plunderer in ...

John Gibson Lockhart, John Alexander Ballantyne, 1838

Yesterday's Faces: From the Dark Side

More than forty criminal heroes are examined in this volume.

Robert Sampson, 1987

Imaginary People: A Who's Who of Fictional Characters from ...

PICAROON, THE (1) The first of two daredevil crime-fiction heroes known as "The Picaroon", in this case alias Martin Dale, featured in a series of novels and story- collections by American pulp-magazine writer Herman Landon. Titles include: ...

David Pringle, 1996

Engineering and Mining Journal

Picaroons and Picaroon-Adzes Axes used around the mine are in time ground down to such extent that little steel remains in the bits, so that the cutting edge is gone and they are of no further use as axes. However, they should not be thrown  ...

‎1918

Contemporary authors: a bio-bibliographical guide to current ...

Score for Superintendent Flagg, John Long, 1960; Salute the Picaroon, John Long, 1960; Problem for Superintendent ... 1962; Prey for the Picaroon, John Long, 1963; The Council of the Rat, John Long, 1963; Blue Mask, Hutchinson, 1964; ...

Clare D. Kinsman, Christine Nasso, Gale Research Company, 1975

Siliciclastic diagenesis and fluid flow: concepts and ...

O Picaroon D Plank A Doubloon (ZnS) and barite (Fig. 9). In thin section, sphalerite crystals contain clear and yellow colored zones implying a relatively pure (low-Fe) composition. Both sphalerite and barite form eu- hedral crystals ( Fig. 9) that ...

LAURA J AUTOR CROSSEY, Matthew W. Totten, 1996

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PICAROON»

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5 things happening in New Brunswick this weekend

A haggis hunting and eating workshop at 2 p.m., a beer-tasting workshop at 2 p.m., with Picaroon's Sean Dunbar and a Scottish sing-along at 1 ... «CBC.ca, Jul 15»

PEIFC looks to lock up first place this weekend

P.E.I. will host the Fredericton Picaroon Reds on Saturday and Sunday at UPEI. If P.E.I. sweeps the two-game set, it will clinch first place in the ... «The Guardian Charlottetown, Jul 15»

Distilleries are popping up all over Maryland, everywhere from …

Housed in a business park near the Bay Bridge, the company now has 500- and 100-gallon stills, which it used to make its Picaroon rum, released in April. «Baltimore Magazine, Jul 15»

Cryptic crossword No 26608

Cryptic crossword No 26,608. Print version | Blind & PS version | PDF version. Set by Picaroon · The Guardian, Friday 26 June 2015 00.00 GMT. 1. 1 across. 5. «The Guardian, Jun 15»

Cryptic crossword No 26594

Print version | Blind & PS version | PDF version. Set by Picaroon · The Guardian, Wednesday 10 June 2015 00.00 GMT. 1. 1 across. 5. 5 across. 9. 9 across. 10. «The Guardian, Jun 15»

Cryptic crossword No 26566

Set by Picaroon · The Guardian, Friday 8 May 2015 00.00 GMT. 1 ... implant in swimmers once (10); 19 Country where Picaroon tried to get elected (4); 21 One ... «The Guardian, May 15»

Blackwater Distilling Introduces Picaroon Maryland Rum

“Picaroon is an old word for rogue or scoundrel,” said CEO ... Picaroon makes no compromises, from the sugar and yeast we use in the ... «BevNET.com, Apr 15»

Cryptic crossword No 26540

Cryptic crossword No 26,540. Print version | Blind & PS version | PDF version. Set by Picaroon · The Guardian, Wednesday 8 April 2015 00.00 ... «The Guardian, Apr 15»

Cryptic crossword No 26527

Cryptic crossword No 26,527. Print version | Blind & PS version | PDF version. Set by Picaroon · The Guardian, Tuesday 24 March 2015 00.00 ... «The Guardian, Mar 15»

Cryptic crossword No 26515

Cryptic crossword No 26,515. Print version | Blind & PS version | PDF version. Set by Picaroon · The Guardian, Tuesday 10 March 2015 00.00 ... «The Guardian, Mar 15»