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Pirate ship Moderate

Origin: Germanic Old English suffix

Pirate ship has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a ship that is manned by pirates

2

Any ship manned by pirates, especially a large wooden sailing ship armed with cannon and flying a Jolly Roger, as stereotyped in literature and film.

See Also
privateer pirate ships letter of marque picaroon mutiny
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
ship
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
corsair
Rhyming Words
hip whip chip unhip inship rechip reship i ship unship v chip dadship overhip hagship fanship modchip manship skyship curship dogship donship
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