privateer
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From private + -eer, on the model of volunteer.
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
Wikipedia privateer (plural privateers)
- (nautical) A privately owned warship that had official sanction to attack enemy ships and take possession of their cargo.
- An officer or any other member of the crew of such a ship.
- (motor racing) A private individual entrant into a race or competition who does not have the backing of a large, professional team.
Translations [edit]
A privately owned warship
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An officer or crew of a privateer ship
Motor racing: Private individual entrant
See also [edit]
- (motor racing): works team
Verb [edit]
privateer (third-person singular simple present privateers, present participle privateering, simple past and past participle privateered)
- To function under official sanction permitting attacks on enemy shipping and seizing ship and cargo; to engage in government-sponsored piracy.