Yes, A privateer was a private person or private warship authorized by a country's government by letters of marque to attack foreign shipping. Privateers were only entitled by their state to attack and rob enemy vessels during wartime. Thus a privateer does have sponsorship from a country.
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Privateer Press was created in 2000.
Privateer - album - was created in 2007.
Privateer should be used as a noun in a sentence. I've signed on to a privateer, starting next week.
Sir Henry Morgan was a privateer and was a Welsh privateer.
Andrew Barton - privateer - died in 1511.
That privateer was no more than a legalized pirate.
John Black - privateer - died in 1802-05.
John Ordronaux - privateer - was born on 1778-12-16.
John Ordronaux - privateer - died on 1841-08-24.
John Black - privateer - was born on 1778-10-31.