meaning of privateer2

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.
3.
To cruise in a privateer.
4.
a privately owned warship commissioned to prey on the commercial shipping or warships of an enemy nation


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