pirate ship
Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ˈpaɪ.ɹət ˌʃɪp/
Noun

pirate ship (plural pirate ships)

  1. 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.
    • 2008, J. Henry, Genie in My Lager, p. 5:
      The Sea Angel was a massive ship shaped like a pirate ship.
Translations
  • French: bateau pirate
  • German: Piratenschiff
  • Portuguese: navio/barco/nau pirata
  • Spanish: barco pirata



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