Corsair

Depending on context, Corsair can refer to:

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• 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."
• a French airline, see: Corsair (airline)
• several aircraft of the US Navy:
• the O2U Corsair
• the F4U Corsair
• the A-7 Corsair II
• 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 ' computer game extension pack
• Le Corsaire is a ballet in 3 acts choreographed by Konstantin Sergeyev to music by Adolphe Adam et al.