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A lawless military adventurer, especially one in quest of plunder; a freebooter; -- originally applied to buccaneers infesting the Spanish American coasts, but introduced into common English to designate the followers of Lopez in his expedition to Cuba in 1851, and those of Walker in his expedition to Nicaragua, in 1855.

• Englishing
  of English
• Infesting
  of Infest
• Introductory
  Serving to introduce something else; leading to the main subject or business; preliminary; prefatory; as, introductory proceedings; an introductory discourse.
• Questioning
  of Question
• Application
  The act of applying or laying on, in a literal sense; as, the application of emollients to a diseased limb.
• Commonition
  Advice; warning; instruction.
• Commonitive
  Monitory.
• Englishable
  Capable of being translated into, or expressed in, English.
• Infesttation
  The act of infesting or state of being infested; molestation; vexation; annoyance.
• Introductress
  A female introducer.
• Questionability
  The state or condition of being questionable.
• Applicative
  Capable of being applied or used; applying; applicatory; practical.
• Commonitory
  Calling to mind; giving admonition.
• Englishism
  A quality or characteristic peculiar to the English.
• Infester
  One who, or that which, infests.
• Questionable
  Admitting of being questioned; inviting, or seeming to invite, inquiry.

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