Definitions for privateersman

privateersman pri·va·teers·man

Spelling: [prahy-vuh-teerz-muh n]
IPA: /ˌpraɪ vəˈtɪərz mən/

Privateersman is a 13 letter English word.

You can make 2106 anagrams from letters in privateersman (aaeeimnprrstv).

Definitions for privateersman

noun

  1. an officer or sailor of a privateer.

Origin of privateersman

An Americanism dating back to 1770-80; privateer + 's1 + -man

Examples for privateersman

Are you fellows the first and second mates of the Nancy Hazlewood, privateersman?

There was a determination in the conduct of the privateersman which endeared him to his crew.

privateersman as I was, I could not refrain from tears at the scene.

As a privateersman, he continued to do daring work to the end of the war.

He runs on his own hook—is a privateersman, in fact, on a small scale.

And should a privateersman order me about, and not even give his name?

And now for the continued adventures of Joshua Barney, privateersman.

There had not been a privateersman in the United States for near a half-century.

So again he became a privateersman in the service of his State.

I was a privateersman—serving my country, I say; but he calls it pirate.

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