The New England Pirate Museum

Pirate Vocabulary

	pirate	        privateer	buccaneer	mariner


	Blackbeard	Captain Kidd	merchant ship	vessel


	galleon  	port	        cargo	        booty


	bounty  	loot	        plunder	        Whydah


	cutlass	        mutiny	        maroon		pieces of eight


	prow	        rigging	        crow's nest	compass


	Jolly Roger	

This sheet can be photocopied for students to use in class discussions or writing activities

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