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corsair

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cor·sair  (kôrsâr)
n.
1. A pirate, especially along the Barbary Coast.
2. A swift pirate ship, often operating with official sanction.
[French corsaire, from Old Provençal corsari, from Old Italian corsaro, from Medieval Latin cursrius, from cursus, plunder, from Latin, run, course; see course.]
corsair
Noun
1. a pirate
2. a pirate ship
3. a privateer [Old French corsaire]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.corsair - a pirate along the Barbary Coast
Barbary pirate
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
2.corsair - a swift pirate ship (often operating with official sanction)
pirate ship, pirate - a ship that is manned by pirates
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On this expedition was taken the galley called the Prize, whose captain was a son of the famous corsair Barbarossa.
Don Quixote by Cervantes, Miguel View in context
, who came in hungry at dinner-time; and not in the least like a nobleman turned Corsair out of pure scorn for his race, or like a renegade with a turban and crescent, unless it were in the irritability of his temper.
Brother Jacob by Eliot, George View in context
D'Artagnan pronounced these words with an indefinable tone of feigned bonhomie, for he knew very well that the victim of pirates was an old corsair, and had engaged him in consequence of that knowledge.
Ten Years Later by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
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