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Privateer

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

a privately owned warship commissioned to prey on the commercial shipping or warships of an enemy nation

polysemous

Classifications

Entity Type

Unknownauthoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
privateersman
plural
Privateers
possessive
Privateer's
pluralpossessive
Privateers'