PRIVATEER


Meaning of PRIVATEER in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌprī-və-ˈtir ]

noun

Date: 1664

: an armed private ship licensed to attack enemy shipping ; also : a sailor on such a ship

• privateer intransitive verb

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