Corsair

n.	1.	A pirate; one who cruises about without authorization from any government, to seize booty on sea or land.
	2.	A piratical vessel. Barbary corsairs . . . infested the coast of the Mediterranean. - Prescott.
	3.	(Zool.) A Californian market fish (Sebastichthys rosaceus).

Noun	1.	corsair - a pirate along the Barbary coast Synonyms: Barbary pirate
	2.	corsair - a swift pirate ship (often operating with official sanction)

Barbarossa, Barbary pirate, buccaneer, Khayr ad-Din, pirate, sea robber, sea rover