PRIVATEERSMAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does privateersman mean? 

• PRIVATEERSMAN (noun)
  The noun PRIVATEERSMAN has 1 sense:

1. an officer or crew member of a privateer

  Familiarity information: PRIVATEERSMAN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PRIVATEERSMAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An officer or crew member of a privateer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

privateer; privateersman

Hypernyms ("privateersman" is a kind of...):

crew member; crewman (a member of a flight crew)

officer; ship's officer (a person authorized to serve in a position of authority on a vessel)

Instance hyponyms:

Hawkins; Hawkyns; Sir John Hawkins; Sir John Hawkyns (English privateer involved in the slave trade; later helped build the fleet that in 1588 defeated the Spanish Armada (1532-1595))

 Context examples 

“Sir,” said the angry old sailor, “such an officer is at least in no danger of being mistaken for a privateersman.”

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“I am surprised, Captain Bulkeley,” Cochran retorted hotly, “that you should venture to couple the names of privateersman and King’s officer.”

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)