privateersman
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of privateersman
An Americanism dating back to 1770–80; privateer + 's 1 + -man
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
The privateersman finances his own ship and sells to other backers a share in all captured goods.
From Time Magazine Archive
There had not been a privateersman in the United States for near a half-century.
From From Sail to Steam, Recollections of Naval Life by Mahan, A. T. (Alfred Thayer)
Dutee himself thought little of the house, for he grew up to be a privateersman, and served with distinction on the Vigilant under Captain Cahoone in the War of 1812.
From The Shunned House by Lovecraft, H. P. (Howard Phillips)
So, luffing around in the steady breeze, the privateersman rolled ominously towards the lolling Delft.
From Famous Privateersmen and Adventurers of the Sea Their rovings, cruises, escapades, and fierce battling upon the ocean for patriotism and for treasure by Johnston, Charles Haven Ladd
The British privateersman cruised about for a whole month without any luck, and, falling in with the privateer Sheerness, joined with her in a little run in search of inoffensive merchantmen.
From Famous Privateersmen and Adventurers of the Sea Their rovings, cruises, escapades, and fierce battling upon the ocean for patriotism and for treasure by Johnston, Charles Haven Ladd
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
