privateer
n . 私有武装船,私掠船
私有武装船,私掠船
privateer n 1 :
an officer or crew member of a privateer [
synonym : {
privateer },
{
privateersman }]
2 :
a privately owned warship commissioned to prey on the commercial shipping or warships of an enemy nation Privateer \
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1 .
An armed private vessel which bears the commission of the sovereign power to cruise against the enemy .
See {
Letters of marque },
under {
Marque }.
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
The commander of a privateer .
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1913 Webster ]
Kidd soon threw off the character of a privateer and became a pirate . --
Macaulay .
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1913 Webster ]
Privateer \
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Privateered }
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n . {
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To cruise in a privateer .
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1913 Webster ]
54 Moby Thesaurus words for "
privateer ":
AB ,
Ancient Mariner ,
Argonaut ,
Blackbeard ,
Captain Hook ,
Captain Kidd ,
Dylan ,
Flying Dutchman ,
Henry Morgan ,
Jean Lafitte ,
Neptune ,
OD ,
Poseidon ,
Varuna ,
able seaman ,
able -
bodied seaman ,
air pirate ,
airplane hijacker ,
bluejacket ,
buccaneer ,
corsair ,
deep -
sea man ,
fair -
weather sailor ,
fisherman ,
freeboot ,
hearty ,
jack ,
jack afloat ,
jack -
tar ,
jacky ,
limey ,
lobsterman ,
mariner ,
matelot ,
navigator ,
picaroon ,
pirate ,
rover ,
sailor ,
salt ,
sea dog ,
sea king ,
sea rover ,
seafarer ,
seafaring man ,
seaman ,
shipman ,
skyjacker ,
tar ,
viking ,
water dog ,
whaler ,
windjammer ,
windsailor PRIVATEER war .
A vessel owned by one or by a society of private individuals ,
armed and equipped at his or their expense ,
for the purpose of carrying on a maritime war ,
by the authority of one of the belligerent parties .
2 .
For the purpose of encouraging the owners of private armed vessels ,
they are usually allowed to appropriate to themselves the property they capture ,
or ,
at least ,
a large proportion of it .
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