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== 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> | |||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_78461" /> == | |||
<p> 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. </p> | <p> 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. </p> | ||
==References == | ==References == | ||
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<ref name="term_161093"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/privateer Privateer from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_78461"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/privateer Privateer from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_78461"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/privateer Privateer from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
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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.
