corsair en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (US) audio
- /kɔːɹsɛəɹ/
Etymology
Etymology tree Latin cursus Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Medieval Latin cursāriusder. Italian corsarobor. French corsairebor. English corsair Borrowed from French corsaire, from Medieval Latin cursārius (“pirate”), from Latin cursus (“course, a running; plunder, hostile inroad”). Doublet of courser and hussar.
Meanings
- A French privateer, especially from the port of Saint-Malo.
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A privateer or pirate in general.
"If I had been born a corsair or a pirate, a brigand, genteel highwayman or patriot―and they're the same thing," thought Mr. Tappertit, musing among the nine-pins, "I should have been all right. But to drag out a ^([sic]) ignoble existence unbeknown to mankind in general―patience! I will be famous yet."
1841 February–November, Charles Dickens, “Barnaby Rudge. Chapter 34.”, in Master Humphrey’s Clock, volume III, London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC:
- The ship of such privateers or pirates, especially of French nationality.
- A nocturnal assassin bug of the genus Rasahus, found in the southern USA.
- A Californian market fish (Sebastes rosaceus).
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| corsairs | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Synonyms
picaroon · sea rat · raider · buccaneer · corsair · sea rover · pirate · sea-robber · freebooter · reaver
Translations (35)
cs korzár (privateersman or pirate) · ota قرصان (privateersman or pirate) · ru капер (pirate ship or privateer) · ru пира́т (privateersman or pirate) · it bucaniere (privateersman or pirate) · ja コルセア (privateersman or pirate) · it pirata (privateersman or pirate) · bg корсар (privateersman or pirate) · io korsaro (privateersman or pirate) · et korsaar (privateersman or pirate) · pt corsário (pirate ship or privateer) · bg пират (privateersman or pirate) · it corsaro (privateersman or pirate) · fr corsaire (privateersman or pirate) · ja 海賊（船）（かいぞく（せん） (pirate ship or privateer) · et kaaper (privateersman or pirate) · ca corsari (privateersman or pirate) · et piraat (privateersman or pirate) · ja kaizoku） (pirate ship or privateer) · it filibustiere (privateersman or pirate) · ota ملك (privateersman or pirate) · pt corsário (privateersman or pirate) · et mereröövel (privateersman or pirate) · ca corsària (privateersman or pirate) · es buque corsario (pirate ship or privateer) · pl korsarz (privateersman or pirate) · sv korsar (privateersman or pirate) · fr pirate (privateersman or pirate) · hu privatér (privateersman or pirate) · ru корса́р (privateersman or pirate) · es corsario (privateersman or pirate) · fr corsaire (pirate ship or privateer) · io korsaronavo (pirate ship or privateer) · de Korsar (privateersman or pirate) · hu korzár (pirate ship or privateer)