sea rover
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
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
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 McCarthy, Justin H. (Justin Huntly)
This pleased the young sea rover beyond measure and he diverted himself with pictures of a cleaner, kindlier world than he had ever known.
From Blackbeard: Buccaneer by Schoonover, Frank Earle
"Guide me by the straightest way," commanded the sea rover.
From A Friend of Caesar A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C. by Davis, William Stearns
