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[ prahy-vuh-teer ] / ˌpraɪ vəˈtɪər / SEE SYNONYMS FOR privateer ON THESAURUS.COM
nounan armed ship that is privately owned and manned, commissioned by a government to fight or harass enemy ships. privateersman. verb (used without object)to cruise as a privateer. Origin of privateer1640–50; private + -eer, modeled on volunteer Words nearby privateerprivate duty nurse, private enterprise, private equity, private-equity company, private equity fund, privateer, privateersman, private eye, Private Finance Initiative, private first class, private health insurance Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for privateerCheck out Privateer Holdings, a venture-capital firm based in Seattle that is about to close on $7 million in funding. Marijuana-Related Stocks Are on the Rise. So Should You Invest?|Winston Ross|June 26, 2013|DAILY BEAST One of her courtiers bet that Clark Gable as Rhett Butler would be her ideal, “a privateer, a romantic, and a fabulous cad.” The Sexy Side of Maggie: How Thatcher Used Her Softer Quality|Gail Sheehy|January 11, 2012|DAILY BEAST This heritage has so influenced his cuisine that Roellinger is often referred to as "the privateer chef." A Superstar Chef Does the Unthinkable|Amelia Smith|November 17, 2008|DAILY BEAST The vessel in which she sailed engaged a French privateer, and during the conflict her left arm was broken. An Historical Account of the Settlements of Scotch Highlanders in America|J. P. MacLean
He was gone upon this pretended mission some little time; quite long enough further to exasperate the privateer Captain. Strange Stories of Colonial Days|Various Then the Privateer, another fast one, but going sluggishly now because of a stove-in seine-boat wallowing astern. The Seiners|James B. (James Brendan) Connolly They sailed from Boston, and were out but a few days when they captured a British privateer of fourteen guns. The Naval History of the United States|Willis J. Abbot. But such clumsy work had never been seen before on board a Yankee privateer. Yankee Ships and Yankee Sailors: Tales of 1812|James Barnes
British Dictionary definitions for privateer
nounan armed, privately owned vessel commissioned for war service by a government Also called: privateersman a commander or member of the crew of a privateer verba competitor, esp in motor racing, who is privately financed rather than sponsored by a manufacturer (intr) to serve as a privateer Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to privateerdistress, privation, lack, corsair, vessel, buccaneer, ship, penury, freebooter, pauperism |