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Meanings of privateersman in anglès

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An officer or crew member of a privateer.

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        1
        Ebenezer Fox, another privateersman, has left his recollections of this dreadful prison.
        The Naval History of the United States. Volume 1
        2
        But the privateersman suddenly fell upon him, and both of them went down.
        Within The Enemy's Lines
        3
        The wish of the young privateersman, however, was soon gratified.
        The Wing-and-Wing; Or, Le Feu-Follet
        4
        No privateersman could resist such strategy as this.
        The Old Merchant Marine: A Chronicle of American Ships and Sailo...
        5
        A tame enough ending for our wild privateersman.
        Ralestone Luck
        6
        I believe you are right, Griffin; one feels forced to respect the privateersman, in spite of his trade.
        The Wing-and-Wing; Or, Le Feu-Follet
        7
        Merchantman fitted out for privateersman, probably.
        A Rock in the Baltic
        8
        Captain Jonathan Haraden, the finest privateersman of the Revolution, made the rigging for the mainmast at his ropewalk in Brown Street.
        The Old Merchant Marine: A Chronicle of American Ships and Sailo...
        9
        Arrived at manhood, he gave up staymaking to embrace the wild life of a privateersman, and served in two successive adventures.
        The Life of Thomas Telford, Civil Engineer / With an Introductor...
        10
        On the very day of these achievements he despatched Theopompus, a Milesian privateersman, to Lacedaemon to report what had taken place.
        Hellenica
        11
        The cabin-lamp was trimmed, and the privateersman found himself under a strong light as soon as he had crossed the threshold of the apartment.
        The Wing-and-Wing; Or, Le Feu-Follet
        12
        Privateersman as I was, I could not refrain from tears at the scene.
        The Privateersman
        13
        "And you know now that this is Raoul Yvard, the French privateersman you have mentioned?"
        The Wing-and-Wing; Or, Le Feu-Follet
        14
        "It won't take a six-mule team to draw that one," added the privateersman, rather sourly for the first time.
        Stand By The Union
        15
        "Sir," said the angry old sailor, "such an officer is at least in no danger of being mistaken for a privateersman."
        Rodney Stone
        16
        "I am surprised, Captain Bulkeley," Cochran retorted hotly, "that you should venture to couple the names of privateersman and King's officer."
        Rodney Stone
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        Privateersman through the time