buccaneer
/ˌbʌkəˈnɪə(r)/noun
1- historical a pirate, originally one operating in the Caribbean〈史〉海盗(最初指出没在加勒比海上的海盗)。
1.1
- a person who acts in a recklessly adventurous and often unscrupulous way, especially in business(尤指商业上的)冒险家。
词源
mid 17th cent.(originally denoting European hunters in the Caribbean): from French boucanier, from boucan 'a frame on which to cook or cure meat', from Tupi mukem.