privateer
English
/pɹaɪvəˈtɪə/, /ˌpɹaɪvəˈtɪəɹ/
noun
Definitions
- (historical) A privately owned warship that had official sanction to attack enemy ships and take possession of their cargo.
- (historical) An officer or any other member of the crew of such a ship.
- An advocate or beneficiary of privatization of a government service or activity.
- (motor racing) A private individual entrant into a race or competition who does not have the backing of a large, professional team.
Etymology
Suffix from English private.
Origin
English
private
Gloss
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- man English
- nonprivate English
- privacy English
- private English
- privateersman English
- privately English
- privateness English
- privatise English
- privatism English
- privatize English
- semiprivate English
- prīvātus Latin
- preifat Welsh