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–noun

1.	a fast ship used for piracy.

2.	a pirate, esp. formerly of the Barbary Coast.

3.	(initial capital letter) Military. a gull-winged, propeller-driven fighter plane built for the U.S. Navy in World War II and kept in service into the early 1950s.

[Origin: 1540–50; < MF corsaire < Pr corsar(i) < Upper It corsaro < ML cursārius, equiv. to L curs(us) course + -ārius -ary

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n.

A pirate, especially along the Barbary Coast.
A swift pirate ship, often operating with official sanction.

[French corsaire, from Old Provençal corsari, from Old Italian corsaro, from Medieval Latin cursārius, from cursus, plunder, from Latin, run, course; see course.]

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corsair

1549, from Fr. corsaire, from Prov. cursar, It. corsaro, from M.L. cursarius "pirate," from L. cursus "course, a running," from currere "to run" (see current). Meaning evolved in M.L. from "course" to "journey" to "expedition" to an expedition specifically for plunder.

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corsair
noun
1.	a pirate along the Barbary Coast
2.	a swift pirate ship (often operating with official sanction)

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Corsair

Cor"sair\ (k?r"s?r), n. [F. corsaire (cf. It. corsare, corsale, Pr. corsari), LL. corsarius, fr. L. cursus a running, course, whence Sp. corso cruise, corsa cruise, coasting voyage, corsear to cruise against the enemy, to pirate, corsario cruising, a privateer authorized to cruise against the enemy. See Course.]

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.

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Corsair

Cor"sair\, n. (Zo["o]l.) A Californian market fish (Sebastichthys rosaceus).

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