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Privateer

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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A private vessel licensed by Government under a letter of marque to seize and plunder the ships of an enemy, otherwise an act of the kind is treated as piracy.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Privateer'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​p/privateer.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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