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privaˈteersman U.S.
[f. genitive of privateer n. + man n.1 Cf. landsman, etc.]
An officer or seaman of a privateer.
1824W. Irving T. Trav. II. 241 There is but a slight step from the privateersman to the pirate; both fight for the love of plunder. 1876Bancroft Hist. U.S. V. xviii. 546 An act which described American privateersmen as pirates. 1883American VI. 361 He tells..of the life of a merchant captain and privateersman between 1775 and 1783. |