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privateer    
n. 私有武装船,私掠船

私有武装船,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.
[1913 Webster]

Kidd soon threw off the character of a privateer and
became a pirate. --Macaulay.
[1913 Webster]


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.
[1913 Webster]

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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