TubeTalkTubeTalk Pronunciation
How to pronounce “privateer”
Hear “privateer” in real YouTube speech, then study definitions and example sentence snippets.
Pronunciation guide for privateer
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of privateer with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 0 YouTube examples
- Definition summary
- (historical) A privately owned warship that acted under a letter of marque to attack enemy merchant ships and take possession of their cargo. [from 17th c.]
No examples found yet
No TubeTalk examples are available for "privateer" yet. Try a related pronunciation target or check back as the index grows.
A Deep Dive Into “privateer”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- (historical) A privately owned warship that acted under a letter of marque to attack enemy merchant ships and take possession of their cargo. [from 17th c.]
- (historical) An officer or any other member of the crew of such a ship; a government-sanctioned pirate. [from 17th c.]
- An advocate or beneficiary of privatization of a government service or activity.
- (motor racing, chiefly Canada, US, Australia) A private individual entrant into a race or competition who does not have the backing of a large, professional team. [from 20th c.]
- (motor racing, elite championships) A racing team that is not a subsidiary of a large conglomerate, or automotive or vehicle manufacturer.
- [Verb]
- To function under official sanction permitting attacks on enemy shipping and seizing ship and cargo; to engage in government-sponsored piracy. [from 17th c.]
- To advocate or benefit from privatization of government services.
Practice Nearby Words
privateersman, armed merchantman, corsair, private ship, letter of marque, man-of-war, commodore, shipholder, boarding party, guard ship, purveyor, wafter, guardship, shipman, pressmaster, sea captain, pursership, patron, sepoy, boatswain, weather ship, partisan, press, mustang, ship's husband, naval officer, proprietor, craft, shiplord, revenue cutter, sentinel, warship, shipmaster, post-captain, sailing-master, portman, troopship, battleship, master mariner, auxiliary cruiser, private, hawsepiper, ship of the line, protected cruiser, admiral's barge, yeoman, seapoy, armada, owner, sea lord, prize crew, mate, trooper, captain, prisoner's friend, banner lord, pursuivant, rating, premier, boarding craft, landsman, liveryman, captain's servant, battle honours, privy purse, lay lord, repeater, ship-of-the-line, posseman, portreeve, flag lieutenant, destroyer escort, ship's corporal, flag captain, soldier of fortune, personnelman, fleet captain, privy seal, feudary, able-bodied seaman, parliamentary agent, harbourmaster, shore patrol, gunner, encomendero, branch pilot, water tender, praetorian, line of battle ship, serfship, afterguardsman, vavasour, knight banneret, flagship, supercargo, harbormaster, fleet, navalist, dragoon, headsman
Similar Sounds
privateer, privateers, privatise, profiteer, private eye, privative, private eyes, providore, private, privates, privately, privatize, privat, pravity, privateering, privity, provider, privet, privatized, profiteers, privatised, profiter, privets, pivoter, brevity, prettier, parietal, preventer, private jet, prove it, privette, privett, privateness, predator, privacy, provided, providing, preditor, profiting, provoker, pivoting, pivoted, pelletier, prophetize, privado, previte, privacies, prevatt, prevailer, prefatory, priva, provide for, perverter, pariet, private life, private road, private line, pervader