- Barbary pirate
- nouna pirate along the Barbary Coast• Syn: ↑corsair• Hypernyms: ↑pirate, ↑buccaneer, ↑sea robber, ↑sea rover• Instance Hyponyms: ↑Barbarossa, ↑Khayr ad-Din
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