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Privateer   Listen
noun
Privateer  n.  
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."





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Words linked to "Privateer" :   war vessel, warship, officer, Sir John Hawkyns, privateersman, Hawkins, crewman


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