Pic'a-rōon', n.

n. [Sp. picaron, aug. of picaro, roguish, a rogue; O. It. piccaro. Cf. Fr. picorer, to go marauding, to pickeer, q. v.] One who pickeers; especially, a plunderer of wrecks; a pirate; a corsair.

In all wars, Corsica and Majorca have been nests of picaroons. Sir W. Temple.