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picador
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picaroon

pic·a·roon [ pìkə rn ]


noun  (plural pic·a·roons)
Definition:
 
( archaic or literary )
Same as  roguen (sense 1)




intransitive verb  (past and past participle pic·a·rooned, present participle pic·a·roon·ing, 3rd person present singular pic·a·roons)
Definition:
 
live adventurous life: to live the adventurous life of a pirate, thief, swindler, or scoundrel ( archaic literary )

[Early 17th century. < Spanish picarón "great rogue" < picaro (see picaresque)]
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