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Recent Examples of corsairVex have new units called Kobolds, Fallen have flying corsairs.—Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025 In 1544, Barbarossa, a corsair who had risen to become admiral of the Ottoman navy, raided the island and carried away into slavery almost a thousand inhabitants—practically the island’s entire population.—Lee Marshall, Travel + Leisure, 15 Apr. 2025 But the stealthy corsair, evading her pursuer, slipped to safety in Tripoli’s shallow harbor—and then, suddenly, disaster struck the Philadelphia.—Mark G. Spencer, WSJ, 31 Jan. 2023 Queen of the seas, Britain seemed to countenance the pirating activities of the North African corsairs.—Thomas Wendel, National Review, 4 July 2019 From ancient Norse princess Alfhild to Sayyida al-Hurra of the Barbary corsairs, these women sailed beside–and sometimes in command of–male pirates.—Lorraine Boissoneault, Smithsonian, 12 Apr. 2017 Freed from a Mediterranean Sea crowded with Ottoman fleets and North African corsairs, the Atlantic upstarts unleashed themselves on the world’s oceans.—Jeremy Adelman, Foreign Affairs, 20 Apr. 2015
Recent Examples of Synonyms for corsair
pirate
Noun
But Chappell was the queen of the castle from the start, stomping onstage to an orchestral metal fanfare, wearing a crimson pirate ensemble and her bat-wing fascinator.
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Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
21 Sep. 2025
On the other hand, there was also the concept of reading and how to integrate that in the story, how the pirates learn to read, and how words go together.
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