Usually means: State-sanctioned pirate for profit.
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We found 31 dictionaries that define the word privateer:

General (22 matching dictionaries)
  1. privateer: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. privateer: Merriam-Webster
  3. privateer: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. privateer: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. privateer: Collins English Dictionary
  6. privateer: Vocabulary.com
  7. Privateer, privateer: Wordnik
  8. privateer: Wiktionary
  9. privateer: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. privateer: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. privateer: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Privateer, privateer: Dictionary.com
  13. privateer: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Privateer (disambiguation), Privateer (motorsport), Privateer, The Privateer: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Privateer: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. privateer: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. privateer: Rhymezone
  18. Privateer: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. privateer: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. privateer: FreeDictionary.org
  21. privateer: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. privateer: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. THE 'LECTRIC LAW LIBRARY'S REFERENCE ROOM (No longer online)
  2. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  3. Privateer: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. privateer: Encyclopedia

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. privateer, privateer: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Privateer: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Privateer: Sports Definitions

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)
  2. Privateer: Latitude Mexico

(Note: See privateered as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (privateer)

noun:  (historical) A privately owned warship that acted under a letter of marque to attack enemy merchant ships and take possession of their cargo.
noun:  (historical) An officer or any other member of the crew of such a ship; a government-sanctioned pirate.
noun:  An advocate or beneficiary of privatization of a government service or activity.
noun:  (motor racing, chiefly Canada, US) A private individual entrant into a race or competition who does not have the backing of a large, professional team.
noun:  (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.
verb:  To advocate or benefit from privatization of government services.

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