·noun A piratical vessel.
II. Corsair ·add. ·noun A Californian market fish (Sebastichthys rosaceus).
III. Corsair ·noun A pirate; one who cruises about without authorization from any government, to seize booty on sea or land.
A name commonly given to the piratical cruisers of Barbary, who frequently plundered the merchant sh...
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