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Help me with some vocabulary...
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lugnet.pirates
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Fri, 5 May 2000 14:15:48 GMT
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I'm working on a story about a reformed pirate who is still in search of
a buried treasure. What would he refer to himself as? A privateer? (I
think they're just pirates paid off by a government) A treasure seeker?
(Kind of boring) Or is he just considered a ship captain?
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: Help me with some vocabulary...
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| (...) Gold-digger (no, wait, isn't that Donald Trump's ex-wife)? Treasure hunter (more of a modern term)? Privateer would require a letter of marque and a ship. A ship's captain would require that he was the captain of a ship. Neither would define (...) (25 years ago, 5-May-00, to lugnet.pirates)
| | | Re: Help me with some vocabulary...
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| Markus Wolf wrote (...) Cool! (...) Well, as a Colonial Governor, and duly appointed representative of the Exchequer for the purposes of the collection of tithes and taxes, it seems to me the position is clear. Your captain is either: a taxpayer (...) (25 years ago, 5-May-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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