Examples of corsair in a Sentence
no one knows the fate of the corsair's treasure-filled ship
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Though many enterprising merchants can fairly be cast as corsairs or buccaneers, a surprising number are, as people, curiously pallid.
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Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2026
In the 1790s, the United States faced a world ruled by corsairs and kings.
—Washington Post, 12 Jan. 2026
Acknowledging burdens and consequences In the 1790s, the United States faced a world ruled by corsairs and kings.
—Maurizio Valsania, The Conversation, 9 Jan. 2026
Rich gives Marge an eye patch that belonged to a corsair his ancestors knew in Cuba.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
Apple has provided some guilty pleasure companion reading for fans of Vince Gilligan‘s new apocalyptic drama Pluribus, full of proud, haughty pirates corsairs and Mandovian spicefruit.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 14 Nov. 2025
If peaceable trading isn't your dream, consider the corsair life, pillaging other ships for their precious cargo.
—Alan Bradley, Space.com, 7 Oct. 2025
Set in 1492, the series follows Sara, the defiant daughter of Granada’s chief Rabbi, exiled during Spain’s expulsion of its Jewish population and captured by Ottoman corsairs (‘Korsan’ in Turkish).
—Ben Croll, Variety, 29 Sep. 2025
Vex have new units called Kobolds, Fallen have flying corsairs.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025
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Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2026
In the 1790s, the United States faced a world ruled by corsairs and kings.
—Washington Post, 12 Jan. 2026
Acknowledging burdens and consequences In the 1790s, the United States faced a world ruled by corsairs and kings.
—Maurizio Valsania, The Conversation, 9 Jan. 2026
Rich gives Marge an eye patch that belonged to a corsair his ancestors knew in Cuba.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
Apple has provided some guilty pleasure companion reading for fans of Vince Gilligan‘s new apocalyptic drama Pluribus, full of proud, haughty pirates corsairs and Mandovian spicefruit.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 14 Nov. 2025
If peaceable trading isn't your dream, consider the corsair life, pillaging other ships for their precious cargo.
—Alan Bradley, Space.com, 7 Oct. 2025
Set in 1492, the series follows Sara, the defiant daughter of Granada’s chief Rabbi, exiled during Spain’s expulsion of its Jewish population and captured by Ottoman corsairs (‘Korsan’ in Turkish).
—Ben Croll, Variety, 29 Sep. 2025
Vex have new units called Kobolds, Fallen have flying corsairs.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025
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“Corsair.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/corsair. Accessed 29 Mar. 2026.
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corsair
noun
cor·sair
ˈkȯr-ˌsa(ə)r 
-ˌse(ə)r
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