Thesaurus: corsair
A pirate; one who cruises about without authorization from any government, to seize booty on sea or land.
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Definitions
- n. A pirate; one who cruises about without authorization from any government, to seize booty on sea or land.
- n. A piratical vessel.
- n. a pirate along the Barbary Coast
- n. a swift pirate ship (often operating with official sanction)
- 1. A pirate; one who cruises about without authorization from any government, to seize booty on sea or land. 2. A piratical vessel. Barbary corsairs . . . infested the coast of the Mediterranean. Prescott.
- n:100 n. a pirate along the Barbary Coast n. a swift pirate ship (often operating with official sanction)