单词 | corsair |
释义 | corsair /kawr"sair/, n. 1. a fast ship used for piracy. 2. a pirate, esp. formerly of the Barbary Coast. 3. (cap.) Mil. a gull-winged, propeller-driven fighter plane built for the U.S. Navy in World War II and kept in service into the early 1950s. [1540-50; < MF corsaire < Pr corsar(i) < Upper It corsaro < ML cursarius, equiv. to L curs(us) COURSE + -arius -ARY] |
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