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Definitions of privateer in various dictionaries:
noun - an officer or crew member of a privateer
noun - a privately owned warship commissioned to prey on the commercial shipping or warships of an enemy nation
A ship privately owned and manned but authorized by a government during wartime to attack and capture enemy vessels.
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| a person or ship allowed by a government to attack and steal from ships at sea, especially in the 17th and 18th centuries |
| a privately owned warship commissioned to prey on the commercial shipping or warships of an enemy nation |
| an officer or crew member of a privateer |
| A ship privately owned and crewed but authorized by a government during wartime to attack and capture enemy vessels. |
| The commander or one of the crew of such a ship. |
| To sail as a privateer. |
| 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. |
| An advocate or exponent of private enterprise. |
| A competitor who races as a private individual rather than as a member of a team. |
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A privateer is a private person or ship that engages in maritime warfare under a commission of war. The commission, also known as a letter of marque, empowers the person to carry on all forms of hostility permissible at sea by the usages of war, including attacking foreign vessels during wartime and taking them as prizes. Historically, captured ships were subject to condemnation and sale under prize law, with the proceeds divided between the privateer sponsors, shipowners, captains and crew. A percentage share usually went to the issuer of the commission. Since robbery under arms was once common to seaborne trade, all merchant ships were already armed. During war, naval resources were auxiliary to operations on land so privateering was a way of subsidizing state power by mobilizing armed ships and sailors. * In practice the legality and status of privateers historically has often been vague. Depending on the specific government and the time period, letters of marque might be issued hasti |
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