Barbary pirate, corsair - a pirate along the Barbary coast

despoiler, freebooter, looter, pillager, plunderer, raider, spoiler - someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war)

sea king - a Viking pirate chief

Jean Laffite, Jean Lafitte, Laffite, Lafitte - French pirate who aided the United States in the War of 1812 and received an official pardon for his crimes (1780-1826)

Henry Morgan, Sir Henry Morgan, Morgan - a Welsh buccaneer who raided Spanish colonies in the West Indies for the English (1635-1688)

Bartholomew Roberts, Roberts - a Welsh pirate credited with having taken more than 400 ships (1682-1722)

Blackbeard, Edward Teach, Edward Thatch, Teach, Thatch - an English pirate who operated in the Caribbean and off the Atlantic coast of North America (died in 1718)