privateer

Meaning of privateer

noun
  1. 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.
    she was captured by a French 44-gun privateer
  2. an advocate or exponent of private enterprise.
    it may be instructive to compare the supposedly wasteful public sector with the supposedly lean privateers
  3. a competitor who races as a private individual rather than as a member of a team.
    he finished top privateer in the world championships

mid 17th century: from private, on the pattern of volunteer .

Information about privateer

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of privateer is: privateers.
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Hyphenation of privateer

pri-va-teer

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
  • privateer is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

privateer synonyms

Meaning privateersman:

privateersman

Words that rhyme with privateer

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