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cor⋅sair

  [kawr-sair]
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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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cor·sair   (kôr'sâr')   
n.  

  1. A pirate, especially along the Barbary Coast.

  2. 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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