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BARBARY PIRATE
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• BARBARY PIRATE (noun)
The noun BARBARY PIRATE has 1 sense:
1. a pirate along the Barbary Coast
Familiarity information: BARBARY PIRATE used as a noun is very rare.
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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