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Definition of Barbary pirate
1. Noun. A pirate along the Barbary Coast.
Generic synonyms: Buccaneer, Pirate, Sea Robber, Sea Rover
Specialized synonyms: Barbarossa, Khayr Ad-din
Lexicographical Neighbors of Barbary Pirate
Literary usage of Barbary pirate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Scottish Historical Review by Company of Scottish History (1907)
"... was cured of the plague by a Barbary pirate, who then got her hand in marriage
and turned out not to be a Barbary pirate at all but an honest Scot. ..."
2. The War Diary of a Diplomat by Lee Meriwether (1919)
"when did ever Barbary pirate excel for cold, calculated, ... For with a refinement
of cruelty and cunning unknown even to a Barbary pirate, ..."
3. The Story of Don John of Austria by Luis Coloma, Ada Margarette Smith Moreton (1912)
"So the Barbary pirate set out from Lepanto with two galleys, and began to seek
... However, again this time God desired to blind this Barbary pirate, ..."
4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"... be used as synonymous with Barbary pirate, but the same trade was carried on,
though with less energy, from Tripoli and Tunis— as also from towns in the ..."
5. The Old Farmer and His Almanack: Being Some Observations on Life and Manners by George Lyman Kittredge (1920)
"Before long, however, the ship fell in with a Barbary pirate, under the command
of an Irish renegade, and, by curious chances, which it would take too long ..."
6. The Life of the Late Gen. William Eaton: Severl Years an Officer in the (1813)
"... than by an illusive calculation of gaining by withholding those contributions,
take the yoke of a Barbary pirate ; subscribe to voluntary chains ..."
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