A privateer operating from the port of Dunkirk, esp. in the service of the Habsburg monarchy during the Eighty Years' War (1568–1648); a ship…
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| 释义 | society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > privateer or pirate ship > [noun] > privateer (15) Dunkirker1588 A privateer operating from the port of Dunkirk, esp. in the service of the Habsburg monarchy during the Eighty Years' War (1568–1648); a ship… Dunkirk1599 A privateer operating from the port of Dunkirk, esp. in the service of the Habsburg monarchy during the Eighty Years' War (1568–1648); a ship… she-Dunkirk1623 a female privateer; a prostitute. Dunker1630 A privateer operating from the port of Dunkirk, esp. in the service of the Habsburg monarchy during the Eighty Years' War (1568–1648); a ship… privateer?1641 An armed vessel owned and crewed by private individuals, and holding a government commission known as a letter of marque (see letter of marque n. at m… private man of war1646 = privateer, n. 1; cf. private ship of war n. caper1657 A privateer (also caper-vessel); the captain of a privateer; a corsair. letter(s) of mart ship1695 letter (also script, writ) of mart n. a government licence authorizing the holder to take reprisals on citizens of a hostile state; (later also) a… caperera1698 = caper, n.3, privateer. letter of marque ship1703 letter of marque n. attributive. Designating a ship carrying letters of marque (sense 2a), as letter of marque man (man, n.1 25), letter of marque… letter(s) of mart man1704 letter (also script, writ) of mart n. a government licence authorizing the holder to take reprisals on citizens of a hostile state; (later also) a… letter of marque1768 letter of marque n. A ship carrying letters of marque (sense 2a); a privateer. Now historical. shaving-mill1781 a small privateer used during the Revolutionary war and the war of 1812. ship-privateer1799 a privateer commanded by a captain (cf. ship sloop n.). sea-wolf1884 quasi-archaic. A pirate, sea-robber. In later use also: a privateer vessel. |
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