Privateer

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  • noun. A ship privately owned and crewed but authorized by a government during wartime to attack and capture enemy vessels.
  • noun. The commander or one of the crew of such a ship.
  • intransitive verb. To sail as a privateer.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To cruise in a privateer for the purpose of seizing an enemy's ships or annoying his commerce.
  • noun. An armed vessel owned and officered by private persons, but acting under a commission from the state usually called letters of marque.
  • noun. The commander of, or a man serving on board of, a privateer.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. An armed private vessel which bears the commission of the sovereign power to cruise against the enemy. See Letters of marque, under marque.
  • noun. The commander of a privateer.
  • intransitive verb. To cruise in a privateer.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A privately owned warship that had official sanction to attack enemy ships and take possession of their cargo.
  • noun. An officer or any other member of the crew of such a ship.
  • noun. A private individual entrant into a race or competition who does not have the backing of a large, professional team.
  • verb. To function under official sanction permitting attacks on enemy shipping and seizing ship and cargo; to engage in government-sponsored piracy.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a privately owned warship commissioned to prey on the commercial shipping or warships of an enemy nation
  • noun. an officer or crew member of a privateer
    • cross-reference
    letter of marque  works team  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    combat ship  war vessel  warship  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    40-ton  battleship  brig  brigantine  buccaneer  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    AB  Ancient Mariner  Argonaut  Blackbeard  Captain Hook  
    variant
    marque  
    verb-form
    privateered  privateering  privateers  
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