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Meanings of little privateer in английском

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Usage of little privateer in английском
1
The French have promised letters of noblesse to whoever fits out even a little privateer.
The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 2
2
Through the night they rowed straight toward the little privateer lying dark and motionless in the gloom.
Hero Tales from American History
3
Then the little privateer sailed across the Thames, to be swallowed up in the gray wilderness of South-the-Water.
The Works of Rudyard Kipling: One Volume Edition
4
The prince has but five companions with him, and we embark on board that little privateer lying in the stream.
Bonnie Prince Charlie : a Tale of Fontenoy and Culloden
5
He allowed this; and promised to leave him to the attacks of the little privateer, without falling foul of him with a broadside.
The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 2
6
A pleasant story is told of one of these little privateers-theHarlequin, owned and commanded by Captain Elihu Brown.
An Old Town By the Sea
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