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pri·va·teer
/ˌpraɪvəˈtɪr/
私有武裝船,私掠船
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Pri·va·teer
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
.
--
Macaulay
.
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Pri·va·teer
,
v. i.
[
imp. &
p
. p.
Privateered
p.
pr
. &
vb
. n.
Privateering
.]
To
cruise
in
a
privateer
.
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From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
privateer
n
1:
an
officer
or
crew
member
of
a
privateer
[
syn
:
privateersman
]
2:
a
privately
owned
warship
commissioned
to
prey
on
the
commercial
shipping
or
warships
of
an
enemy
nation
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