privateer ism

[Eng. privateer; -ism.] Naut.: Disorderly conduct, or anything out of man-of-war rules. ( Smyth.) pri-va-teërs-man, subst. [Eng. privateer, and man.] An officer or seaman of a privateer. pri-vate-lỹ, *pri-vate-lye, adv. [English pri vate, a.; -ly.] 1. In a private or secret manner; not openly or publicly; in private. "She used to accommodate me with some privately purloined dainty." C. Brontè : Jane Eyre , ch. xxi. A. As adjective : "A love of leisure and privatene ."-Bacon: Advance ment of Learning , bk. i. 3. The condition or state of a private individual, or of one not invested with office.