Category:Privateer

Pri`va*teer" n. Etym: [from private.]

1. An armed private vessel which bears the commission of the Sovereign power to cruise against the enemy. See letters of marque, Under marque.

2. The commander of a privateer. Kidd soon threw off the character of a privateer and became a pirate. Macaulay.

Privateer Pri`va*teer", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Privateered; p. pr. & vb. n. Privateering.]

Defn: to cruise in a privateer.