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Barbary pirate
(redirected from Barbary Corsairs)

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Noun1.Barbary pirate - a pirate along the Barbary Coast
buccaneer, sea robber, sea rover, pirate - someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation


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99 Hodder & Stoughton ISBN 0-340-79469-0 In the summer of 1716 a cabin boy named Thomas Pellow and 51 of his comrades were captured at sea by Barbary corsairs.
Further daring actions against the Barbary corsairs catapulted the young lieutenant over the heads of other officers to the rank of captain.
The Barbary Corsairs of the Mediterranean are well described with what amounted to war between Islam and Christianity.
 
 
 
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