• (n.) One who plunders or pillages without the authority of national warfare; a member of a predatory band; a pillager; a buccaneer; a sea robber. Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/freebooter/
another term for a pirate, probably originating from a corruption of the Dutch vrijbuiters (plunderers), combining the words vrij meaning free and buit meaning loot Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/22083
Free'boot`er noun [ Dutch vrijbuiter , from vrijbuiten to plunder; vrij free + buit booty, akin to English booty . See Free , and Booty , and confer Filibuster .] One who plunders or pillages without the authority of national warfare; a member ... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/F/73