Difference between revisions of "Privateer"
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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_161093" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_161093" /> == | ||
<p> (1): (n.) The commander of a privateer. </p> <p> (2): (v. i.) To cruise in a privateer. </p> <p> (3): (n.) An armed private vessel which bears the commission of the sovereign power to cruise against the enemy. See [[Letters]] of marque, under Marque. </p> | <p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' n.) The commander of a privateer. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' v. i.) To cruise in a privateer. </p> <p> '''(3):''' ''' (''' n.) An armed private vessel which bears the commission of the sovereign power to cruise against the enemy. See [[Letters]] of marque, under Marque. </p> | ||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_78461" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_78461" /> == | ||
Latest revision as of 18:53, 15 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( n.) The commander of a privateer.
(2): ( v. i.) To cruise in a privateer.
(3): ( n.) An armed private vessel which bears the commission of the sovereign power to cruise against the enemy. See Letters of marque, under Marque.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]
A private vessel licensed by Government under a letter of marque to seize and plunder the ships of an enemy, otherwise an act of the kind is treated as piracy.
