Thesaurus: privateer

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1. n. An armed private vessel which bears the commission of the sovereign power to cruise against the enemy. See Letters of marque, under Marque.
2. n. The commander of a privateer.
3. v. i. To cruise in a privateer.
4. n. an officer or crew member of a privateer
5. n. a privately owned warship commissioned to prey on the commercial shipping or warships of an enemy nation
6. 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. To cruise in a privateer.
7. n:100 n. an officer or crew member of a privateer n. a privately owned warship commissioned to prey on the commercial shipping or warships of an enemy nation