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Type Words
Synonyms barbary pirate
Type of sea rover, sea robber, buccaneer, pirate
Type Words
Type of pirate ship, pirate

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Investors essentially bought shares in a particular corsair business enterprise.
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In 1819 at French insistence the Bey agreed to quit with finality corsair raids.
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Corsair just announced the latest in their line of USB drives, the Flash Voyager Mini.
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This legendary corsair city watches over the Rance estuary in the north-east of Brittany.
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Corsair Capital executives expressed confidence in the bank's outlook.
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The time is surely ripe for a mature biography of the elusive corsair.
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The corsair ordered his ships to weigh anchor and move towards the port.
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Their father may have been either a corsair, a renegade, or a janissary.
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The city then became a corsair harbour and struggled against the French and the Venetians.
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  • A pirate along the Barbary Coast
  • A swift pirate ship (often operating with official sanction)
  • Corsairs (Fr. corsaire, from It. corsaro) were privateers, authorized to conduct raids on shipping of a nation at war with France, on behalf of the French Crown. Seized vessels and cargo were sold at auction, with the corsair captain entitled to a portion of the proceeds. ...
  • Corsair S.A. trading as Corsairfly, is an airline based in Rungis, France. It is currently the second largest French airline after Air France and operates international scheduled and charter services to 62 European destinations, the French overseas territories, Africa and North America. ...
  • Corsair (Major Christopher Summers, USAF) is a fictional character, a star-faring hero in the Marvel Comics universe. He leads the space-faring team the Starjammers and was best known as the father of X-Men superheroes Cyclops, Havok, and Vulcan. ...
  • Corsair is the 6th novel in The Oregon Files by Clive Cussler and Jack Du Brul. The book follows the corporation team's mission to recover the US Secretary of State, Fiona Katamora, before the upcoming peace summit. ...
  • The Corsair is a class of sixteen foot three handed sailing dinghy. The boat was designed by Australian designer Alan Payne who is famous for designing Sir Frank Packers challenge yacht Gretel II.
  • Corsair is a 1931 American film directed by Roland West. The film is based on the novel Corsair by Walton Green.
  • Corsair is a fantasy novel written by Chris Bunch and published in 2001. It features Gareth Radnor, an honorable young man whose parents were killed by Linyati slavers, found himself to became a captain of a ship Steadfast after the death of its former captain. ...