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Definition of corsair noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

corsair

noun
 
/kɔːˈseə(r)/
 
/kɔːrˈser/
(old use)
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  1. a pirate
  2. a privately owned merchantman that had the job of fighting in a war
    3. Word Originmid 16th cent.: from French corsaire, from medieval Latin cursarius, from cursus ‘a raid, plunder’, special use of Latin cursus ‘course’, from currere ‘to run’.
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