The privateersman was a gentleman adventurer, a protected pirate, a social highwayman of the waters. From Wordnik.com. [Famous Privateersmen and Adventurers of the Sea Their rovings, cruises, escapades, and fierce battling upon the ocean for patriotism and for treasure] Reference
A pirate, indeed, in those days, was synonymous with the individual who was termed a privateersman at the time of the Napoleonic wars. From Wordnik.com. [The Cruise of the Nonsuch Buccaneer] Reference
Hazard, who had commanded a privateersman during the Revolution, purchased the place from "Citizen" Edmond Charles Genet, the first. From Wordnik.com. [As I Remember Recollections of American Society during the Nineteenth Century] Reference
On the very day of these achievements he despatched Theopompus, a Milesian privateersman, to Lacedaemon to report what had taken place. From Wordnik.com. [Hellenica] Reference
The privateersman listened for a few minutes in silence. From Wordnik.com. [Within The Enemy's Lines] Reference
After receiving the weapon of the vanquished privateersman, the. From Wordnik.com. [Famous Privateersmen and Adventurers of the Sea Their rovings, cruises, escapades, and fierce battling upon the ocean for patriotism and for treasure] Reference
So again he became a privateersman in the service of his State. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Commodore John Barry] Reference
Captain Jonathan Haraden, the most famous Salem privateersman of the. From Wordnik.com. [The Fight for a Free Sea: A Chronicle of the War of 1812 The Chronicles of America Series, Volume 17] Reference
As a privateersman, he continued to do daring work to the end of the war. From Wordnik.com. [The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 (of 2)] Reference
But the privateersman suddenly fell upon him, and both of them went down. From Wordnik.com. [Within The Enemy's Lines] Reference
Indies by a French privateersman, and has gone through a lot of adventures. From Wordnik.com. [One of the 28th A Tale of Waterloo] Reference
Elijah West, father's great-grandfather, was a privateersman in the Revolution. From Wordnik.com. [The Mutiny of the Elsinore] Reference
His face well exhibited his dislike for the successful privateersman, Jean Bart. From Wordnik.com. [Famous Privateersmen and Adventurers of the Sea Their rovings, cruises, escapades, and fierce battling upon the ocean for patriotism and for treasure] Reference
"You do not expect me to shoot you in that case, I hope?" added the privateersman. From Wordnik.com. [Within The Enemy's Lines] Reference
The task of a privateersman is to act as a licensed pirate, preying on enemy ships. From Wordnik.com. [The Log of a Privateersman] Reference
It shot out a snake-like flame that licked the bald pate of the sleeping privateersman. From Wordnik.com. [The Gentleman A Romance of the Sea] Reference
Ebenezer Fox, another privateersman, has left his recollections of this dreadful prison. From Wordnik.com. [The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 (of 2)] Reference
In the list of goods on board a prize taken by a privateersman in 1712 were "Boxes of Toys.". From Wordnik.com. [Customs and Fashions in Old New England] Reference
At length the bluff privateersman was allowed to go free, and -- he never paid back the money. From Wordnik.com. [Famous Privateersmen and Adventurers of the Sea Their rovings, cruises, escapades, and fierce battling upon the ocean for patriotism and for treasure] Reference
The privateersman was treated with the greatest courtesy and was made as comfortable as could be. From Wordnik.com. [Famous Privateersmen and Adventurers of the Sea Their rovings, cruises, escapades, and fierce battling upon the ocean for patriotism and for treasure] Reference
He seemed, however, not a little pleased to get out of the clutches of the terrible privateersman. From Wordnik.com. [Charley Laurel A Story of Adventure by Sea and Land] Reference
In spite of this order -- he continued to reside in Italy, with the true independence of a privateersman. From Wordnik.com. [Famous Privateersmen and Adventurers of the Sea Their rovings, cruises, escapades, and fierce battling upon the ocean for patriotism and for treasure] Reference
The privateersman sprang into the boat, shoved it off, and pulled in the direction from which the appeal came. From Wordnik.com. [Within The Enemy's Lines] Reference
German strove as well as Englishman and Italian to battle strenuously beneath the eye of the famous privateersman. From Wordnik.com. [Famous Privateersmen and Adventurers of the Sea Their rovings, cruises, escapades, and fierce battling upon the ocean for patriotism and for treasure] Reference
"Sir," said the angry old sailor, "such an officer is at least in no danger of being mistaken for a privateersman.". From Wordnik.com. [Rodney Stone] Reference
The fame of this gallant exploit soon spread abroad and the king showed some desire to see this courageous privateersman. From Wordnik.com. [Famous Privateersmen and Adventurers of the Sea Their rovings, cruises, escapades, and fierce battling upon the ocean for patriotism and for treasure] Reference
He seems to have deceived himself into thinking that his acts of piracy were simply the legitimate work of a privateersman. From Wordnik.com. [The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 (of 2)] Reference
"I hope he did not do that," said the privateersman, with a good deal more energy than the other thought the occasion warranted. From Wordnik.com. [Within The Enemy's Lines] Reference
So the delighted Trouins put him in charge of a splendid privateersman mounting forty-eight guns, sailing under the simple name of. From Wordnik.com. [Famous Privateersmen and Adventurers of the Sea Their rovings, cruises, escapades, and fierce battling upon the ocean for patriotism and for treasure] Reference
Not only had the officials at Leghorn watched every move of this well-known privateersman, but they had sent word to the French that. From Wordnik.com. [Famous Privateersmen and Adventurers of the Sea Their rovings, cruises, escapades, and fierce battling upon the ocean for patriotism and for treasure] Reference
And within forty-eight hours of the receipt of my commission I had entered upon my new career, and had ceased to be a privateersman. From Wordnik.com. [The Log of a Privateersman] Reference
This vessel -- a zebeque -- had been waiting for the well-hated privateersman for several days, as her captain had been warned by the. From Wordnik.com. [Famous Privateersmen and Adventurers of the Sea Their rovings, cruises, escapades, and fierce battling upon the ocean for patriotism and for treasure] Reference
I was a privateersman, he proclaimed, and he the captain of the British frigate Terpsichore, of -- I forget the precise number of guns. From Wordnik.com. [The Golden Age] Reference
"The question is which side is in possession of the Teaser, yours or mine," replied the privateersman, still gazing out into the gloom. From Wordnik.com. [Within The Enemy's Lines] Reference
They were giving instructions to Captain Woodes Rogers: their privateersman, who was about to make a voyage of adventure in their behalf. From Wordnik.com. [Famous Privateersmen and Adventurers of the Sea Their rovings, cruises, escapades, and fierce battling upon the ocean for patriotism and for treasure] Reference
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