corsair

English Thesaurus

1. a swift pirate ship (often operating with official sanction) (noun.artifact)

hypernym	:	pirate, pirate ship,
definition	:	a ship that is manned by pirates (noun.artifact)

2. a pirate along the Barbary Coast (noun.person)

hypernym	:	buccaneer, pirate, sea robber, sea rover,
definition	:	someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation (noun.person)

instance hyponym	:	barbarossa, khayr ad-din,
definition	:	Barbary pirate (died in 1546) (noun.person)