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What's the difference between pirate and buccaneer?

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What's the difference between pirate and buccaneer?

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Privateers were essentially pirates with government protection in order to pursue less than legal goals in wealth, dominance, and control of the seas. Buccaneer is a term that is basically the French/Cajun slang term for privateer.
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