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privateer

privateer is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.The commander of a privateer. Kidd soon threw off the character of a privateer and became a pirate. Macaulay.
  2. 2.To cruise in a privateer.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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