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Definition of Corsair
1. Noun. A pirate along the Barbary Coast.
Generic synonyms: Buccaneer, Pirate, Sea Robber, Sea Rover
Specialized synonyms: Barbarossa, Khayr Ad-din
2. Noun. A swift pirate ship (often operating with official sanction).
Definition of Corsair
1. n. A pirate; one who cruises about without authorization from any government, to seize booty on sea or land.
2. n. A Californian market fish (Sebastichthys rosaceus).
Definition of Corsair
1. Noun. A French privateer, especially from the port of St-Malo ¹
2. Noun. A privateer or pirate in general ¹
3. Noun. The ship of privateers or pirates, especially of French nationality ¹
4. Noun. A nocturnal assassin bug of the genus (term Rasahus lang=mul), found in the southern USA. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Corsair
1. a pirate [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Corsair
Literary usage of Corsair
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1902)
"THE corsair 1814 To me Byron's "corsair" appears the best of all his works. ...
His "corsair" is marred by classic elegancies : the pirates' song at the ..."
2. The Voyage of François Pyrard of Laval to the East Indies, the Maldives, the by François Pyrard (1890)
"The detail in which De Couto recounts the operations against the great corsair
attests the importance attributed by the Portuguese to the reduction of the ..."
3. History of English Literature by Hippolyte Taine (1897)
"Amidst events he sought for the most powerful, amidst actions the strongest; and
we see appear successively The Bride of Abydos, The Giaour, The corsair, ..."
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