privateer

English Thesaurus

1. a privately owned warship commissioned to prey on the commercial shipping or warships of an enemy nation (noun.artifact)

hypernym	:	combat ship, war vessel, warship,
definition	:	a government ship that is available for waging war (noun.artifact)

2. an officer or crew member of a privateer (noun.person)

hypernym	:	crew member, crewman,
definition	:	a member of a flight crew (noun.person)

hypernym	:	officer, ship's officer,
definition	:	a person authorized to serve in a position of authority on a vessel (noun.person)

instance hyponym	:	hawkins, hawkyns, sir john hawkins, sir john hawkyns,
definition	:	English privateer involved in the slave trade; later helped build the fleet that in 1588 defeated the Spanish Armada (1532-1595) (noun.person)