PRIVATEER
\pɹˌa͡ɪvətˈi͡ə], \pɹˌaɪvətˈiə], \p_ɹ_ˌaɪ_v_ə_t_ˈiə]\
Definitions of PRIVATEER
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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A vessel, not a government warship, licensed or permitted by the government to attack the ships of an enemy; the commander or one of the crew of such a vessel.
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To sail about in such a vessel in order to attack enemy ships.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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An armed private vessel commissioned to seize and plunder an enemy's ships.
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To cruise in a privateer: to fit out privateers.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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