privateer
Example Sentences
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His father, Jan Jansen, a Dutch privateer, was captured by one of the Moorish states in 1618.
From New York Times • Dec. 3, 2019
It was here that the White Lion, a 160-ton English privateer ship, landed at what was then known as Point Comfort.
From The Guardian • Aug. 14, 2019
A British privateer raids Spanish ships with his queen’s permission in 1585.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 9, 2019
Two years in privateer teams followed, in which he did enough to catch the eye of Enzo Ferrari, who drafted him into his team in 1963.
From BBC • Mar. 10, 2017
He’d had a running fight with a French privateer and had lost three men.
From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
