different between privateer vs galley

English

Etymology

From private +? -eer, probably after volunteer.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /p?a?v??t??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?p?a?v??t???/
• Rhymes: -??(?)

Noun

privateer (plural privateers)

1. (historical) A privately owned warship that had official sanction to attack enemy ships and take possession of their cargo. [from 17th c.]
2. (historical) An officer or any other member of the crew of such a ship. [from 17th c.]
   • [from 17th c.]
3. An advocate or beneficiary of privatization of a government service or activity.
4. (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. [from 20th c.]
5. (motorsports, elite championships) A racing team that is not a subsidiary of a large conglomerate, or automotive/vehicle manufacturer.

Translations

See also

• letter of marque
• (motor racing): works team

Verb

privateer (third-person singular simple present privateers, present participle privateering, simple past and past participle privateered)

1. To function under official sanction permitting attacks on enemy shipping and seizing ship and cargo; to engage in government-sponsored piracy. [from 17th c.]
2. To advocate or benefit from privatization of government services.

English

Etymology

From Middle English galeie, from Old French galee, from Latin galea, from Byzantine Greek ????? (galéa) of unknown origin, probably from Ancient Greek ????? (galé?), a kind of a small fish, from ?????? (galeós, “dog-fish or small shark”). Doublet of galea.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??æli/
• Rhymes: -æli

Noun

galley (plural galleys)

2. (nautical, historical) A long, slender ship propelled primarily by oars, whether having masts and sails or not; usually referring to rowed warships used in the Mediterranean from the 16th century until the modern era.
3. (Britain) A light, open boat used on the Thames by customhouse officers, press gangs, and also for pleasure.
4. (nautical) One of the small boats carried by a man-of-war.
5. (nautical) The cookroom or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel or aircraft; sometimes on merchant vessels called the caboose.
6. An oblong oven or muffle with a battery of retorts; a gallery furnace.
7. (printing) An oblong tray of wood or brass, with upright sides, for holding type which has been set, or is to be made up, etc.
8. (printing) A proof sheet taken from type while on a galley; a galley proof.
9. (heraldry) A representation of a single masted ship propelled by oars, with three flags and a basket.

Synonyms

• (heraldry) lymphad

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• bireme
• trireme
• quadrireme
• unireme/monoreme/penteconter
• quinquereme/pentere
• polyreme
• Galley Common

Further reading

• galley on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• egally