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Originally appearing in Volume V07, Page 199 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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CORSAIR (through the Fr. from the Med. Lat. cursarius, a pirate; cursus, or cursa, from currere, to run, being Late Latin for a plundering foray)

CORSAIR (through the Fr. from the Med. See also:
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Lat. cursarius, a pirate; cursus, or cursa, from currere, to run, being See also:
LATE
Late Latin for a plundering foray)

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