Associations to the word «Blackbeard»

Wiktionary

BLACKBEARD, proper noun. The archetypal pirate, who lived in the 17th and 18th centuries.

Dictionary definition

BLACKBEARD, noun. An English pirate who operated in the Caribbean and off the Atlantic coast of North America (died in 1718).

Wise words

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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.