blackbeard

1. 1.

   an English pirate who operated in the Caribbean and off the Atlantic coast of North America (died in 1718)

   SynonymsTeachEdward TeachThatchEdward Thatch

   Broaderpirate

Other forms of blackbeard

plural

blackbeards·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about blackbeard

What does blackbeard mean?

blackbeard means "an English pirate who operated in the Caribbean and off the Atlantic coast of North America (died in 1718)".

How many syllables are in blackbeard?

blackbeard has 3 syllables: black-be-ard. The stress falls on "black".

What is another word for blackbeard?

Close synonyms include Teach, Edward Teach, Thatch, Edward Thatch. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is blackbeard a common word?

blackbeard is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.