The meaning of Privateers

Privateers – definition

noun
An armed ship owned and crewed by private individuals holding a government commission and authorized for use in war, especially in the capture of merchant shipping.
Usage examples:
She was captured by a french 44-gun privateer
noun
An advocate or exponent of private enterprise.
Usage examples:
It may be instructive to compare the supposedly wasteful public sector with the supposedly lean pri…
noun
A competitor who races as a private individual rather than as a member of a team.
Usage examples:
He finished top privateer in the world championships

noun
A person or ship allowed by a government to attack and steal from ships at sea, especially in the 17th and 18th centuries

Privateers translation into English

Privateers: translate from English into Chinese

私掠者

Privateers: translate from English into Dutch

Kapers, Bemanning van kaperschip

Privateers: translate from English into French

Corsaires

Privateers: translate from English into German

Freibeuter

Privateers: translate from English into Hindi

प्राइवेटियर्स

Privateers: translate from English into Italian

Corsari

Privateers: translate from English into Korean

사략선

Privateers: translate from English into Russian

Каперы

Privateers: translate from English into Spanish

Corsarios

Word origin

mid 17th century: from private, on the pattern of volunteer .

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Privateers – similar words

privateer

noun
An armed ship owned and crewed by private individuals holding a government commission and authorized for use in war, especially in the capture of merchant shipping.
Usage examples:
She was captured by a french 44-gun privateer

All meanings and translations of Privateer

private

adjective
Belonging to or for the use of one particular person or group of people only.
Usage examples:
All bedrooms have private facilities

noun
The lowest rank in the army, below lance corporal or private first class.
Usage examples:
He enlisted in the army in 1980 and was first assigned as a young private as a supply clerk in germ…

All meanings and translations of Private

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