| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| Teach, Edward |
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| PRONUNCIATION: |  t ch |
| DATES: | Died 1718 |
| VARIANT FORMS: | also Thatch ( th ch) |
| VARIANTS: | Known as Black·beard (blk bîrd ) |
| English pirate. Based on the North Carolina coast after 1713, he conducted acts of piracy off the coast of the American colonies and in the Caribbean. He was killed by British naval forces.
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