Relating to or coming from Algiers or Algeria, particularly referring to things connected to piracy and corsairs in the Mediterranean during the 16th-18th centuries.
From 'Algiers' (al-Jazair in Arabic), with the English suffix '-ine' meaning 'of or relating to.' Historically, 'Algerine' specifically referred to Barbary corsairs based in Algiers, which gave the word a distinct maritime and military connotation.
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