kaper
See also: Kaper
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Etymology edit
From kapen (“to take away, rob, plunder”).
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Noun edit
kaper m (plural kapers, diminutive kapertje n)
- privateer, pirate
- de Duinkerker kapers ― the Dunkirk Privateers
- hijacker
- treinkaper ― train hijacker
- vliegtuigkaper ― plane hijacker
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kaper
- inflection of kapern:
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kaper m pers
- (historical) privateer (government-sanctioned pirate)
- Synonym: korsarz
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Declension of kaper
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kaper m inan
- (historical, in the plural) privateer (privately owned warship that had official sanction to attack enemy ships and take possession of their cargo)
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Declension of kaper
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adjective
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- kaperować impf
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Silesian edit
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kaper m animal
- common carp (species of fish in the carp family)
Further reading edit
- Barbara Podgórska, Adam Podgóski (2008) “kaper”, in Słownik gwar śląskich [A dictionary of Silesian lects], Katowice: Wydawnictwo KOS, →ISBN, page 126