Word Meanings - PRIVATEERSMAN - Book Publishers vocabulary database
An officer or seaman of a privateer.
Related words: (words related to PRIVATEERSMAN)
- PRIVATEERING
Cruising in a privateer. - SEAMAN
A merman; the male of the mermaid. "Not to mention mermaids or seamen." Locke. - PRIVATEERSMAN
An officer or seaman of a privateer. - OFFICER
Specifically, a commissioned officer, in distinction from a warrant officer. Field officer, General officer, etc. See under Field, General. etc. -- Officer of the day , the officer who, on a given day, has charge for that day of the quard, - SEAMANLIKE
Having or showing the skill of a practical seaman. - 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. - SEAMANSHIP
The skill of a good seaman; the art, or skill in the art, of working a ship. - SUBOFFICER
An under or subordinate officer. - UNDEROFFICER
A subordinate officer.