Corsair
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Depending on context, Corsair can refer to:
- a pirate who used to operate with a commission from a government (see privateer). Etymologically, it derives from the Italian corso ("chase"), and thus means "one who gives chase."
- an alternative term for a Barbary Pirate, especially "Turkish corsairs"
- a French airline, see: Corsair (airline)
- several types of aircraft built by Vought in the United States:
- the O2U Corsair, a two-seat observation biplane
- the F4U Corsair, a single-engined, single-seat shipborne fighter
- the A-7 Corsair II, a single-seat light jet attack aircraft
- a kind of fireworks
- a poem, The Corsair, by Lord Byron
- a large manufacturer of RAM (computer memory), Corsair Memory
- a "Protoss" unit in the StarCraft: Brood War computer game extension pack
- Le Corsaire is a ballet in 3 acts choreographed by Konstantin Sergeyev to music by Adolphe Adam et al.
- A job in the MMORPG expansion pack Final Fantasy XI: Treasures of Aht Urhgan
- The leader of the Starjammers and father to Cyclops and Havok in the Marvel comics universe.