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پرایواتر
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thumb|upright=1.35|East Indiaman (left) battling , a privateer commanded by French corsair [[Robert Surcouf in October 1800, as depicted in a painting by Ambroise Louis Garneray.]]
A privateer was a privately-owned ship authorized by a government to attack and capture enemy vessels during wartime, combining private enterprise with military purposes. Privateers mattered because they allowed nations to expand their naval power and warfare capabilities without directly operating all the ships themselves, as shown by this example of a French-commissioned privateer engaging in combat during the Napoleonic era.
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Within Vinony's link graph, پرایواتر is referenced by 4,223 other articles, and connects out to Barbary pirates, sea piracy and American Revolutionary War.
It sits within the topics Combat occupations, Naval warfare and Obsolete occupations.
Its subject is documented across 53 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- irregular military
- Image
- Nicholas Cammillieri - Combat du Corsaire 'La Mouche' (cropped2).jpg
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- female form of label
- corsaire
- male form of label
- corsar
- topic's main category
- Category:Privateers
- Commons category
- Privateers
- described by source
- Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary
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