| 单词 | privateer |
| 释义 | privateer noun[C] uk/ˌpraɪ.vəˈtɪər/us/ˌpraɪ.vəˈtɪr/apersonorshipallowedby agovernmenttoattackandstealfromshipsatsea,especiallyin the 17th and 18thcenturies （尤指在17、18世纪，战时获得特许，攻击敌方商船等的）武装民船、私掠船Compare buccaneer pirate Ship's officers
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Renaissance: 1501 to 1899 Attacking & invading Examplesofprivateerprivateer So you limit the question of a ship being aprivateeror not to prohibition of the place where the pendant is hoisted. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They went out into the world as explorers, as merchant venturers, as privateers, as soldiers and sailors, and they built an empire. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Indeed, he is nailed to a very dubiousprivateernow. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Privateering was still permitted less than a century ago, and yet who would go back to privateering? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is typical of the arguments that have been used by the privateers for many months. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There would be this advantage, that privateers would be almost certainly condemned. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They are not privateers in the old sense. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 For the satisfaction of privateers, our coal miners, our pit people and their families, will have to suffer yet again. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Privateers escort prisoners to gaol, run prisons and guard installations; they repel anti-road protesters, and defend construction sites. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The privateers are in this business for profit, not for the comfort, safety or convenience of passengers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They will not be competing fairly with the privateers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 According to another, there are as many as 250,000 privateers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That book highlights how many of the privateers operated. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 In the first place, a good deal has been said about licensing privateers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The second thing is that these privateers are not named in the public list of the fleet to which they belong. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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