corsair KAWR-sair , noun; 1. a pirate, especially - TopicsExpress



          

corsair KAWR-sair , noun; 1. a pirate, especially formerly of the Barbary Coast. 2. a fast ship used for piracy. 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. Quotes: The cassique of Kiawah is already known to us, and we may well conceive that he bore himself toward the little wife of the famous corsair with all proper kindliness. -- William Glimore Simms, The Cassique of Kiawah: A Colonial Romance , 1859 We were five days at sea in the situation I have just described, and the captain entertained hopes of making the desired port in two days more, when a vessel was descried bearing down upon us, which proved to be an Algerine corsair … -- Francis Lathom, The Mysterious Freebooter, or The Days of Queen Bess , 1806 Origin: Corsair came to English in the 16th century from the medieval Latin cursus meaning "hostile voyage."
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