[kawr-sair] 
| 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. |
| cor·sair (kôr'sâr') n.
[French corsaire, from Old Provençal corsari, from Old Italian corsaro, from Medieval Latin cursārius, from cursus, plunder, from Latin, run, course; see course.] |