There are considered the figurative and appraisal characteristics of the linguistic and cultural character type English pirate in the modern fiction. There are analyzed the characteristics of pirates behaviour, their appearance, typical attributes. There are determined the ambivalent appraisal characteristics of pirates in the fiction literature.

There are regarded the conceptual, figurative and value characteristics of the linguistic and cultural type English pirate. There are characterized the stereotype pirates characteristics (maritime banditry), their leisure-time, appearance, typical attributes. There are found the ambivalent valuation pirates characteristics in modern consciousness.