algerine

Speech parts

1. algerine - Noun

2. algerine - Adjective

Meaning

Of or pertaining to Algiers or Algeria.

A native or one of the people of Algiers or Algeria. Also, a pirate.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Early uses In the 1670s, HMS Kingfisher (1675) was specially designed to counter the attacks of Algerine corsairs or pirates in the Mediterranean by masquerading as a merchantman, hiding her armament behind false bulkheads. Source: Internet

For instance, during the Second Barbary War President James Madison authorized the Salem, Mass., brig Grand Turk to cruise against "Algerine vessels, public or private, goods and effects, of or belonging to the Dey of Algiers ". Source: Internet

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