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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1681
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Privat, n.1 [e.m.E. (1483) a private person, and cf. e.m.E. privateer (1664).] A privateer. —1681 Edinb. B. Rec. XI 3.
By ane privat of Algeirs
