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privateer    
n. 私有武裝船,私掠船

私有武裝船,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 \Pri`va*teer"\ (pr[imac]`v[.a]*t[=e]r"), 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}.
[1913 Webster]

2. The commander of a privateer.
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Kidd soon threw off the character of a privateer and
became a pirate. --Macaulay.
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Privateer \Pri`va*teer"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Privateered}
(pr[imac]`v[.a]*t[=e]rd"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Privateering}.]
To cruise in a privateer.
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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. 1 Kent, Com. 96; Posh. du
Dr. de Propr. n. 90 et seq. See 2 Dall. 36; 3 Dall. 334; 4 Cranch, 2; 1
Wheat. 46; 3 Wheat. 546; 2 Gall. R. 19; Id. 526; 1 Mason, R. 365 3 Wash. C.
C. R. 209 2 Gall. R. 56; 5 Wheat. 338; Mann. Com. 1.16.

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  • Privateer - Wikipedia
    A privateer is a private person or vessel which engages in commerce raiding under a commission of war [1] Since robbery under arms was a common aspect of seaborne trade, until the early 19th century all merchant ships carried arms A sovereign or delegated authority issued commissions, also referred to as letters of marque, during wartime The commission empowered the holder to carry on all
  • Pirates, Privateers, Corsairs, Buccaneers: What’s the Difference?
    A privateer was a pirate with papers As the name suggests, privateers were private individuals commissioned by governments to carry out quasi-military activities They would sail in privately owned armed ships, robbing merchant vessels and pillaging settlements belonging to a rival country
  • PRIVATEER Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
    The meaning of PRIVATEER is an armed private ship licensed to attack enemy shipping; also : a sailor on such a ship
  • Privateers and Privateering - Encyclopedia. com
    Privateers and Privateering PRIVATEERS AND PRIVATEERING The term "privateer" refers to a privately owned and armed vessel that operates under the terms of a letter of marque, a document that allows the vessel to attack the enemies of its sovereign nation without the danger of being branded a pirate The term itself, which can be traced to 1664, apparently is an abbreviation of "private man of
  • PRIVATEER | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
    PRIVATEER definition: 1 a person or ship allowed by a government to attack and steal from ships at sea, especially in… Learn more
  • Privateers in the American Revolution - U. S. National Park Service
    A Privateer Commission was issued to vessels, called privateers or cruisers, whose primary objective was to disrupt enemy shipping The ideal target was an unarmed, or lightly armed, commercial ship
  • Privateers - NHHC
    Privateers Tags Privateers A privateer is a private person or ship that engages in maritime warfare under a commission of war Because of the high level of piracy and impressment, merchant ships where armed A sovereign or delegated authority issued commissions, also referred to as a letter of marque, during wartime
  • privateer, n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English Dictionary
    What is the etymology of the noun privateer? privateer is formed within English, by derivation Etymons: private adj 1, ‑eer suffix1
  • privateer - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
    privateer (plural privateers) (historical) A privately owned warship that acted under a letter of marque to attack enemy merchant ships and take possession of their cargo [from 17th c ] (historical) An officer or any other member of the crew of such a ship; a government-sanctioned pirate [from 17th c ]
  • PRIVATEER Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com
    PRIVATEER definition: an armed ship that is privately owned and manned, commissioned by a government to fight or harass enemy ships See examples of privateer used in a sentence





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