PRIVATEER
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Pri`va*teer" (pr&ī;`v&adot_;*t&ē;r"), n. [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.
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2. The commander of a privateer.
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Kidd soon threw off the character of a privateer and became a pirate.
Macaulay.
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Pri`va*teer", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Privateered (pr&ī;`v&adot_;*t&ē;rd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Privateering.] To cruise in a privateer.
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