Filibusterer vs Privateer - What's the difference?
filibusterer | privateer |
(nautical) A privately owned warship that had official sanction to attack enemy ships and take possession of their cargo.
An officer or any other member of the crew of such a ship.
* Macaulay
(motor racing) A private individual entrant into a race or competition who does not have the backing of a large, professional team.
To function under official sanction permitting attacks on enemy shipping and seizing ship and cargo; to engage in government-sponsored piracy.
As nouns the difference between filibusterer and privateer
is that filibusterer is a person who filibusters while privateer is a privately owned warship that had official sanction to attack enemy ships and take possession of their cargo.As a verb privateer is
to function under official sanction permitting attacks on enemy shipping and seizing ship and cargo; to engage in government-sponsored piracy.privateer
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Noun
(wikipedia privateer) (en noun)- Kidd soon threw off the character of a privateer and became a pirate.