The Nautical Encyclopedia

Patterson’s Illustrated Nautical Encyclopedia — Howard Patterson, 1891

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Corsair

Sea Terms

A piratical vessel of Algiers, Tripoli and Tunis.

← Corrected Time All “C” entries Corvette →

2026 Editor's Note: The corsair's name outlived the Barbary trade gloriously ashore: a WWII fighter plane, sports cars and a thousand pulp covers borrowed it. See corsair. (Ed: BR 2026-07-17)

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