Meaning

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

    Piratenschiff

    пира́тский кора́бльpirátskij koráblʹ

    a ship that is manned by pirates

  2. A theme park ride in the form of a pirate ship that swings back and forth with seated riders secured on the deck.

Examples

14 sentences
  1. We could see what we thought was a pirate ship in the distance.

    deWir sahen in der Ferne etwas und hielten es für ein Piratenschiff. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. We saw something in the distance that we thought was a pirate ship.

  3. I was born on a pirate ship.

    Я народився на піратському кораблі. — deniko · CC BY 2.0 FR

    deIch wurde auf einem Piratenschiff geboren. — Waldelfe · CC BY 2.0 FR

  4. The pirate ship came closer inshore.

  5. Tom was born on a pirate ship.

    ruТом родился на пиратском корабле. — marafon · CC BY 2.0 FR

Translations

8 languages
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By meaning 1
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Deutsch
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ship manned by pirates:

Forms

plural: pirate ships

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a ship that is manned by pirates:pirate

Word family

1 related words
Relatedprivateer

See also

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