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.
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Cor"sair (?), n. (Zoöl.)
A Californian market fish (Sebastichthys rosaceus).
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