Pri`va*teer" (?) n. [From Private.]
1.
An armed private vessel which bears the commission of the sovereign power to cruise against the enemy. See Letters of marque, under Marque.
2.
The commander of a privateer.
Kidd soon threw off the character of a privateer and became a pirate.
Macaulay.
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Pri`va*teer", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Privateered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Privateering.]
To cruise in a privateer.
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