corsair
[noun]
Synonyms: pirate, buccaneer, freebooter, picaroon, rover, sea dog, sea robber, sea rover, sea wolf

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corsair noun

1. a pirate

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2. a privately owned merchantman that had the job of fighting in a war
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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