privateer in English

noun
1
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.
The US navy also took 50 merchant ships, while privateers took a further 450.
verb
1
engage in the activities of a privateer.
noun
    privateersman

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2. Privateer: A privateer was a captain of a ship that attacked and captured other ships and stole valuable items from them.

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4. In 1951, the type was redesignated P4Y-2 Privateer.

5. I hear the captain has already served the Crown as a privateer.

6. Corsair definition is - pirate; especially : a privateer of the Barbary Coast

7. The Acheron is a french privateer originally built in the United States

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9. This heritage has so influenced his cuisine that Roellinger is often referred to as "the privateer chef."

10. Corsair: A corsair is a French seaman or privateer who sailed mostly in the South Mediterranean Sea.

11. Since Kidd was a privateer for the British, this attack was considered an act of piracy.

12. Privateer gets a piece of paper from the Frenchies says they can hunt down anything with our flag.

13. He captured several large treasure ships and then loaded his booty onto the ship that he captained when he was a privateer.

14. With the help of the privateer Astarta, Isolder was able to track down the murderer, the Pirate King Captain Harravan.

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16. For some time while England and Spain were at war Morgan operated as a privateer. Later he became a pirate.

17. He posed as a privateer for two years, exploring the underworld of the Hapes Cluster in search of his brother's murderer.

18. On 11 March, Belle Poule and the privateer Earl St Vincent captured the American ship John and Francis, of 220 tons, two guns and 16 men.

19. "He was actually a privateer, a mercenary licensed by the government to loot merchant ships flying the colors of England's enemies -- mainly France and Spain," explained Wareham.

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21. Bezil - a renegade from the city of Bloor in Quon Tali - was the captain of the privateer ship, the Honest Avarice, whose home harbour was Malaz City

22. Anne Bonny (1700–1782, exact dates uncertain) was an Irish pirate and privateer who fought under the command of "Calico Jack" Rackham between 1718 and 1720

23. Jacques Kanon fut essentiellement un Corsaire.: Jacques Kanon was first and foremost a privateer.: En 1707, il s'embarque sur un Corsaire acadien.: In 1707 he joined an Acadian privateer.: Louis XI poursuivi par un Corsaire anglais.: Louis XI continued by an English corsair.: Les activités de marchand et de Corsaire d'Amaro Pargo ont inspiré plusieurs romanciers intéressés par le mystère

24. However, many consider a significant starting point to slavery in America to be 1619, when the privateer The White Lion Brought 20 African slaves ashore in the British colony of …

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26. In 1696 Kidd reluctantly became a privateer for England and was expected to fight pirates on the open sea, seize their cargoes, and provide a hefty share of the spoils to the Crown.

27. He began to serve as a privateer in the Ottoman Navy as a youth and after many years of fighting against Spanish, Genoese and Venetian navies, he rose to the rank of Reis (Admiral).

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29. A Corsair is a privateer or pirate, especially: Barbary Corsair, Ottoman and Berber pirates and privateers operating from North Africa; French Corsairs, privateers operating on behalf of the French crown; Look up Corsair in Wiktionary, the free dictionary

30. As a privateer and a captain with the English, he built his wealth, amassed an army and grew his reputation in campaigns against the Spanish and Dutch by capturing enemy ships and sacking their towns.