Definitions for: Privateer


[n] a privately owned warship commissioned to prey on the commercial shipping or warships of an enemy nation
[n] an officer or crew member of a privateer



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.


Pri`va*teer", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Privateered; p.
pr. & vb. n. Privateering.]
To cruise in a privateer.

Synonyms: privateersman

See Also: combat ship, crew member, crewman, Hawkins, Hawkyns, officer, ship's officer, Sir John Hawkins, Sir John Hawkyns, war vessel, warship

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