sea rover
Example Sentences
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In 1851 Lennox-Boyd's great uncle, Benjamin Boyd, a wealthy London broker turned sea rover, rowed off from his yacht Wanderer for a spot of hunting on one of the Solomon Islands.
From Time Magazine Archive
Breezy, blunt Cap Rieber, an office-bound sea rover who feels equally at home in any of the world's ports, was boss of Texas' tanker fleet, and made a specialty of pushing sales of Texaco abroad.
From Time Magazine Archive
The dead sea rover was seated at a rough oak table with his head resting on his hand as if in deep thought.
From The Boy Aviators' Polar Dash or Facing Death in the Antarctic by John Henry Goldfrap
"A sad day indeed, Elspeth," echoed the sea rover, mechanically sheathing his sword, and speaking in an altered voice that had a touch of tenderness in it.
From The Thirsty Sword by Robert Leighton
I hauled it down with mine own hands from a pirate ship in my youth, when we captured the bark of that nefarious sea rover Captain Anthony.
From Marjorie by Justin H. (Justin Huntly) McCarthy
