corsair

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1

A French privateer, especially from the port of Saint-Malo.

2

A privateer or pirate in general.

"If I had been born a corsair or a pirate, a brigand, genteel highwayman or patriot―and they're the same thing," thought Mr. Tappertit, musing among the nine-pins, "I should have been all right. But to drag out a ^([sic]) ignoble existence unbeknown to mankind in general―patience! I will be famous yet."

3

The ship of privateers or pirates, especially of French nationality.

4

A nocturnal assassin bug of the genus Rasahus, found in the southern USA.

5

A Californian market fish (Sebastes rosaceus).

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"If I had been born a corsair or a pirate, a brigand, genteel highwayman or patriot―and they're the same thing," thought Mr. Tappertit, musing among the nine-pins, "I should have been all right. But t

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