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Definition of "privateers" [privateers]

  • Plural form of privateer. (noun)
  • Third-person singular simple present indicative form of privateer. (verb)

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Use "privateers" in a sentence
  • "Then certain Southern privateers got lists of the New England whale-ships that were out, and lay in wait for them as whalers lie in wait for the leviathan."
  • "The captains were called privateers, as were the ships."
  • "The privateers were a resource in the interval ... they were really the armed force of the country. '"
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