Algerine

American  

[al-juh-reen] / ˌæl dʒəˈrin /

adjective

1. Algerian.

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noun

1. Algerian.

2. algerine,

   1. a pirate.

   2. algerienne.

Algerine ¹ British  

/ ˌældʒəˈriːn /

adjective

1. of or relating to Algeria or its inhabitants

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noun

1. a native or inhabitant of Algeria

algerine ² British  

/ ˌældʒəˈriːn /

noun

1. a soft striped woollen cloth

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Etymology

Origin of Algerine

First recorded in 1650–60; Alger(ia) + -ine ¹

Example Sentences

According to historian James Hardiman, Joyce’s ship was intercepted by Algerine corsairs shortly after setting sail from Galway in 1675.

From National Geographic • Jan. 11, 2024

Parks said that Ellington’s aunt, Algerine Jennings, had called the prison on 30 September to inquire about her niece’s welfare after receiving her letter.

From The Guardian • Oct. 8, 2014

If this be the Algerine," he said, "her speed will enable her to make off when she finds out who we are.

From A Lad of Grit A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration Times by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)

The Commandant of the station, Commodore Stewart, had for this purpose placed the gun-boat Algerine at our disposal.

From Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume II (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. by Scherzer, Karl Ritter von

There is also, in the same early source, a quaint description of what occurred to a ship from Bristol, captured, in 1621, by an Algerine corsair.

From White Slavery in the Barbary States by Sumner, Charles