Result from Foreign Dictionaries (3 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Privateer \Pri`va*teer"\ (pr[imac]`v[.a]*t[=e]r"), 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}.
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2. The commander of a privateer.
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Kidd soon threw off the character of a privateer and
became a pirate. --Macaulay.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Privateer \Pri`va*teer"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Privateered}
(pr[imac]`v[.a]*t[=e]rd"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Privateering}.]
To cruise in a privateer.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
privateer
n 1: an officer or crew member of a privateer [syn: {privateer},
{privateersman}]
2: a privately owned warship commissioned to prey on the
commercial shipping or warships of an enemy nation
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