PRIVATEERINGS

Noun

privateerings

plural of privateering

Source: Wiktionary


PRIVATEERING

Pri`va*teer"ing, n.

Definition: Cruising in a privateer.

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.

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

Definition: To cruise in a privateer.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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