privateer's
Sea raider's possessions
Privateer's is the possessive form of privateer—a privately owned ship authorized by a government to attack enemy vessels during wartime, or the captain or crew of such a ship.
The possessive indicates ownership or association: the privateer's commission, the privateer's plundered cargo.
Privateers occupied a legal gray zone between navy and piracy.
Authorization for private warship
- commissionPayment for services rendered
- licenseFormal grant of permission
- admiraltyLaw of the seas
- sanctionApproval or punitive measure
authorization · legitimacy · warrant · sovereign · crown · government · treaty · lawful
Valued wealth or keepsake
- bootyStolen valuables, especially treasure
- spoilsSeized war gains
- cargoTransported goods
- goldElement seventy-nine
silver · jewels · contraband · capture · haul · prize · wealth · plundered
Adult male duck
- RaleighNorth Carolina capital
- colonialOf occupied territories
- CaribbeanTropical Atlantic region
- Spanish MainColonial Caribbean coast and sea
Elizabethan · American Revolution · War of 1812 · Barbary · English Channel · Atlantic · Dutch · French
letter of marque
Authorization for private warship
- commissionPayment for services rendered
- licenseFormal grant of permission
- admiraltyLaw of the seas
sanction · authorization · legitimacy · warrant · sovereign · crown · government · treaty · lawful · seizure
ship
Seagoing transport vessel
cannon · plunder · voyage · sailing · harbor · mast · rigging · deck · hull · anchor
treasure
Valued wealth or keepsake
gold · silver · jewels · contraband · capture · haul · prize · wealth · plundered · merchandise
Drake
Adult male duck
Spanish Main · Elizabethan · American Revolution · War of 1812 · Barbary · English Channel · Atlantic · Dutch · French · merchant
privateer'sadmiral's
Naval commander's possession
commodore's · captain's · midshipman's · military's · sailor's