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Meanings of privateersman in English

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An officer or crew member of a privateer.

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Examples for "privateer"
Examples for "privateer"
1
A French privateer boards them in the midst of the English channel.
The Seats of the Mighty, Volume 5
2
A French privateer which happened to be in the harbor was hired.
The Quaker Colonies: A Chronicle of the Proprietors of the Delaw...
3
We went on board the frigate and enquired for the privateer captain.
James Braithwaite, the Supercargo: The Story of his Adventures A...
4
This meant nothing to the ruffian who commanded the English privateer Revenge.
The Old Merchant Marine: A Chronicle of American Ships and Sailo...
5
In 1538, Havana was attacked and totally destroyed by a French privateer.
Cuba, Old and New
Usage of privateersman in English
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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Translations for privateersman
Catalan
corsari
Spanish
corsario
Privateersman through the time