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privateersman
[ prahy-vuh-teerz-muhn ]
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Origin of privateersman1
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Example Sentences
Captain William Wanton, of Portsmouth, took out a commission as privateersman and brought in several valuable prizes.
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The privateersman sprang into the boat, shoved it off, and pulled in the direction from which the appeal came.
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"I hope he did not do that," said the privateersman, with a good deal more energy than the other thought the occasion warranted.
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But the privateersman suddenly fell upon him, and both of them went down.
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"An excellent simile, Captain Passford, and I could not have invented a better myself," returned the privateersman.
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