Key term for AQA GCSE History, used in Elizabethan England (c1568–1603).
An armed civilian ship or captain authorized by a government (via a Letter of Marque) to attack foreign vessels.
Privateer appears in AQA GCSE History revision content for British Depth Studies, especially Elizabethan England (c1568–1603) and Conflict with Spain.
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