English to Danish Meaning of corsair - Corsair


Corsair :
Corsair

pirat, Corsair, Buccaneer, Fribytter

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Definitions of corsair in English
Noun(1) a pirate along the Barbary Coast(2) a swift pirate ship (often operating with official sanction
Examples of corsair in English
(1) ÔÇÿI'd rather be in my corsair , but thanks for the offer,ÔÇÖ Gualtero said.(2) From beneath his cloak, their follower drew a rusting corsair sabre and menaced the horse with it.(3) Could he be a pirate captain, eager to hang my severed head from the bow of his corsair ?(4) The corsairs refused to curtail their activities after each war's conclusion, and the states realized that they had created an uncontrollable force.(5) Cutthroats, corsairs , and hot-shot pilots we got coming out of our ears.(6) Reputations spread through any community, and the pirates and corsairs knew who they wanted to work with, as well as who they did NOT want to work withÔǪ(7) If there were any corsairs docked, they were well disguisedÔǪ(8) ÔÇÿOr at least a hundred pirate corsairs ,ÔÇÖ Garcia added.(9) The old look out towers had to be manned against corsairs but they also earned their keep as observation points for the lucrative and highly organized hunts for the great shoals of tuna fish.(10) The Goshawk was probably enough to discourage most pirate corsairs from attacking, but a cruiser was another matter.(11) The war at sea was fought mainly by privateers on all sides, and the 2,800 enemy ships taken by French corsairs represent perhaps the greatest consistent success of the war.(12) Behind the high walls, hidden by a long screen of ilexes, you are suddenly back in the eighteenth century, surrounded by the obelisks and mausolea of sea captains and corsairs , exiled aristocrats and shipwrecked plantation owners.(13) French corsairs settled on the western part of the island in the 17th century and Spain recognized the French claims to the area in 1697 in the Treaty of Ryswick.(14) During the Napoleonic wars Reunion, like Mauritius, served the French corsairs as a rallying place from which attacks on Indian merchantmen could be directed.(15) European maritime powers paid the tribute demanded by the rulers of the privateering states of North Africa (Algiers, Tunis, Tripoli, and Morocco) to prevent attacks on their shipping by corsairs .
Related Phrases of corsair
(1) corsair ::
Corsair
Synonyms
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1. pirate ::
pirat
2. rover ::
rover
3. corsair ::
Corsair
4. buccaneer ::
Buccaneer
5. filibuster ::
filibuster
6. freebooter ::
Fribytter
7. picaroon ::
picaroon
8. sea-rover ::
hav-rover
Different Forms
corsair, corsairs
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