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Word | Privateer |
Arabic Meaning | سفينة قرصنة, السفينة المسلحة |
an officer or crew member of a privateer / a privately owned warship commissioned to prey on the commercial shipping or warships of an enemy nation / An armed private vessel which bears the commission of the sovereign power to cruise against the enemy. See Letters of marque, under Marque. / an armed ship owned and officered by private individuals holding a government commission and authorized for use in war, especially in the capture of enemy merchant shipping., | |
Usage | ⇒ The captain alerted the crew on seeing the privateer from distance ⇒ The US navy also took 5 merchant ships, while privateers took a further 45. |
Synonyms | corsair, buccaneer, freebooter, pirate, marauder, picaroon, cruiser, privateersman, sea wolf, ship, rover, filibuster, pirate ship, raider, smuggler, thief, vessel, battleship, corvette, destroyer, |
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