Word Meanings - PRIVATEERING - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Cruising in a privateer.

PRIVATEERING
Cruising in a privateer.
PRIVATEERSMAN
An officer or seaman of a privateer.
CRUISER
One who, or a vessel that, cruises; -- usually an armed vessel.
PRIVATEER
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.
CRUISE
See BOTTLE
ARMORED CRUISER
A man-of-war carrying a large coal supply, and more or less protected from the enemy's shot by iron or steel armor. There is no distinct and accepted classification distinguishing armored and protected cruisers from each other, except that the first