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corsair

noun

ˈkȯr-ˌser

Definition of corsair

as in pirate

someone who engages in robbery of ships at sea no one knows the fate of the corsair's treasure-filled ship

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Recent Examples of corsair Acknowledging burdens and consequences In the 1790s, the United States faced a world ruled by corsairs and kings. — Maurizio Valsania, The Conversation, 9 Jan. 2026 Apple has provided some guilty pleasure companion reading for fans of Vince Gilligan‘s new apocalyptic drama Pluribus, full of proud, haughty pirates corsairs and Mandovian spicefruit. — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 14 Nov. 2025 Set in 1492, the series follows Sara, the defiant daughter of Granada’s chief Rabbi, exiled during Spain’s expulsion of its Jewish population and captured by Ottoman corsairs (‘Korsan’ in Turkish). — Ben Croll, Variety, 29 Sep. 2025 After the Revolutionary War, the United States maintained no standing fleet, but attacks by the Barbary pirates—corsairs based in North Africa who preyed on American merchant ships and took sailors ransom—drove Congress to reestablish a navy in the 1790s. — David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 4 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for corsair

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pirate

Noun

The age of sail, when pirates like Johnny Depp’s fictional Jack Sparrow roamed the seven seas, ended about 200 years ago.

— Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 1 July 2026
Eight pages later, Leucippe has to fake her own beheading to escape from pirates.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 June 2026

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