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What does it mean to dream about pirate?

To dream of pirates, denotes that you will be exposed to the evil designs of false friends. To dream that you are a pirate, denotes that you will fall beneath the society of friends and former equals.

The full entry for “Pirate”

To dream of pirates, denotes that you will be exposed to the evil designs of false friends. To dream that you are a pirate, denotes that you will fall beneath the society of friends and former equals. For a young woman to dream that her lover is a pirate, is a sign of his unworthiness and deceitfulness. If she is captured by pirates, she will be induced to leave her home under false pretenses.

— Gustavus Hindman Miller, Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted; or, What's in a Dream (1901). Public domain.

How Dreamlore reads a dream about pirate

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What does it mean to dream about pirate?

To dream of pirates, denotes that you will be exposed to the evil designs of false friends. To dream that you are a pirate, denotes that you will fall beneath the society of friends and former equals.

Where does this dream meaning come from?

From Gustavus Hindman Miller's Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted; or, What's in a Dream (1901), a public-domain dream dictionary. The passage above is quoted verbatim; Dreamlore shows the same text, checked word-for-word against the source, when it reads a dream about pirate.

Dreamlore and this dictionary are for reflection and curiosity. Miller wrote in 1901 and his entries read as omens; take them as a starting point for thinking about your own dream, not as prediction or advice.