Hypertext Webster Gateway: "corsair"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Corsair \Cor"sair\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A Californian market fish ({Sebastichthys rosaceus}).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Corsair \Cor"sair\ (k?r"s?r), n. [F. corsaire (cf. It. corsare,
corsale, Pr. corsari), LL. corsarius, fr. L. cursus a
running, course, whence Sp. corso cruise, corsa cruise,
coasting voyage, corsear to cruise against the enemy, to
pirate, corsario cruising, a privateer authorized to cruise
against the enemy. See {Course}.]
1. A pirate; one who cruises about without authorization from
any government, to seize booty on sea or land.
2. A piratical vessel.
Barbary corsairs . . . infested the coast of the
Mediterranean. --Prescott.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
corsair
n 1: a pirate along the Barbary coast [syn: {Barbary pirate}]
2: a swift pirate ship (often operating with official sanction)
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