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Privateer
Webster's Dictionary
(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.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Privateer'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/p/privateer.html. 1828.