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noun
1.
a fast ship used for piracy.
2.
a pirate, especially 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.
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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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