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privateerings

privateerings is the plural of privateering.

Meaning of privateering

Noun

privateering (plural privateerings)

  1. The operations of a privateer, attacking and looting enemy ships under the auspices of one's own government.
    • The profit of privateerings is some small compensation to the merchants of Bourdeaux for the deficiency in the regular profits of commerce.1802, The Monthly Magazine, volume 14, page 130

Questions about privateerings

What is privateerings the plural of?
Privateerings is the plural of privateering.

Words near privateerings in the dictionary

  1. private-wire houses
  2. privated
  3. privateer
  4. privateered
  5. privateering
  6. privateerings
  7. privateers
  8. privateersman
  9. privateersmen
  10. privately
  11. privately held

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