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PRIVATEER
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Irregular inflected form: privateer
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A privately owned warship commissioned to prey on the commercial shipping or warships of an enemy nation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("privateer" is a kind of...):
combat ship; war vessel; warship (a government ship that is available for waging war)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An officer or crew member of a privateer
Synonyms:
privateer; privateersman
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("privateer" is a kind of...):
crew member; crewman (a member of a flight crew)
officer; ship's officer (a person authorized to serve in a position of authority on a vessel)
Instance hyponyms:
Hawkins; Hawkyns; Sir John Hawkins; Sir John Hawkyns (English privateer involved in the slave trade; later helped build the fleet that in 1588 defeated the Spanish Armada (1532-1595))