☩ SOTERIAN GLOSSARY ☩

Living Language Lexicon of the Soteria Covenant

Privateer

A privately owned vessel authorized by a sovereign government through letters of marque and reprisal to attack enemy merchant ships during wartime. Distinguished from a pirate by the commission from a recognized state.

Etymology: English, from 'private' + '-eer' (one who does), on the model of 'volunteer' · Category: Admiralty Law · Source: Declaration of Paris (1856), abolishing privateering
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