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Definition of corsair : A Californian market fish ( Sebastichthys rosaceus).

Synonyms:

housebreaker, mugger, buccaneer, rover, cat burglar, freebooter, crook, burglar, Barbary Pirate, pirate, bandit, robber, thief, pickpocket

Usage examples:

• I am seized with a passion for the miseries of retreat from Moscow, for the excitements of the Red Corsair, or for a smuggler's life. - "The Magic Skin", Honore de Balzac.
• But the Corsair was not a cousin,- nor as yet an acknowledged lover. - "The Eustace Diamonds", Anthony Trollope.
• Emotionally we have lost touch with him as we have with Byron's Corsair. - "The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller", Calvin Thomas.