Corsair
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)* an
assassin bug of the genus
Melanolestes* 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
*
Ford Corsair, a model of
car.
* a Manufacturer of Trimaran sailboats
* a kind of
fireworks* a poem,
The Corsair, by
Lord Byron* a large manufacturer of RAM (computer memory),
Corsair Memory* the
Corsair-class elite starfighter "
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.
*
The Corsairs is a fictional
criminal organization from the
Digital Anvil/
Microsoft game
Freelancer.
* An early 1990s project by
Novell to create a user friendly interface to navigate networks. Some information available at
Caldera OpenLinux#Birth: Novell and Corsair
