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BARBARY PIRATE

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Overview

BARBARY PIRATE (noun)
  The noun BARBARY PIRATE has 1 sense:

1. a pirate along the Barbary Coastplay

  Familiarity information: BARBARY PIRATE used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


BARBARY PIRATE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A pirate along the Barbary Coast

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Barbary pirate; corsair

Hypernyms ("Barbary pirate" is a kind of...):

buccaneer; pirate; sea robber; sea rover (someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation)

Instance hyponyms:

Barbarossa; Khayr ad-Din (Barbary pirate (died in 1546))


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