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  Kid, Thomas Kidderminster  
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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
Kidd, William
 
PRONUNCIATION:  kd
DATES:1645?–1701
VARIANTS:Known as “Captain Kidd.”
British sea captain who turned to piracy after being hired to protect British ships in the Indian Ocean (1696). His cruelty and undiscovered buried treasure, although unsubstantiated, remain legendary.
 
 
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

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  Kid, Thomas Kidderminster  
 
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