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.