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Definition of: privateer
(prī′və·tir′) noun
1. A vessel owned and officered by private persons, but carrying on maritime war under letters of marque.
2. The commander or one of the crew of a privateer: also pri′va·teers′man.
—v.i. To cruise in or as a privateer.
—pri′va·teer′ing noun
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