corsair
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sɛər 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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| —n | |
| 1. | a pirate |
| 2. | a privateer, esp of the Barbary Coast |
| [C15: from Old French corsaire pirate, from Medieval Latin cursārius, from Latin cursus a running, | |
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Word Origin & History
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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