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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1610-1625
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(Se-robber,) Sie-rober, Sea-robber, n. [e.m.E. sea-robber (1568).] A pirate. = Se-rever n. — 1610 Criminal Trials III 104.
Acompaneit with Captane Harvie, [etc.] … and dyvers vther pirates, sie-roberis, and reifferis 1625 Justiciary Cases I 26.
Comoun theaves, pirattis, and sea robberis
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