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privateer |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Privateer \Pri`va*teer"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Privateered}; p. pr & vb n. {Privateering}.] To cruise in a privateer. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Privateer \Pri`va*teer"\, n. [From {Private}.] 1. An armed private vessel which bears the commission of the sovereign power to cruise against the enemy. See {Letters of marque}, under {Marque}. 2. The commander of a privateer. Kidd soon threw off the character of a privateer and became a pirate. --Macaulay. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: privateer n 1: an officer or crew member of a privateer [syn: {privateersman}] 2: a privately owned warship commissioned to prey on the commercial shipping or warships of an enemy nation
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