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corsair definition

cor·sair (kôr′ser′, kôr ser′)

noun

  1. a privateer, esp. of Barbary
  2. a pirate
  3. a pirate ship

Etymology: Fr corsaire < Prov corsar < It corsaro < ML cursarius, pirate, orig. swift < L cursus, course

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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