corsair

Bedeutung (Englisch)

1. A French privateer, especially from the port of Saint-Malo.
2. A privateer or pirate in general.
3. The ship of privateers or pirates, especially of French nationality.
4. A nocturnal assassin bug of the genus Rasahus, found in the southern USA.
5. A Californian market fish (Sebastes rosaceus).

Konzepte

Korsar

Freibeuter

Pirat

Seeräuber

Synonyme

pirate

buccaneer

privateer

Barbary pirate

freebooter

picaroon

pirate ship

plunderer

filibuster

rover

sea robber

sea rover

caper

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ˈkɔːɹsɛəɹ/

Etymologie (Englisch)

Borrowed from French corsaire, from Medieval Latin cursārius (“pirate”), from Latin cursus (“course, a running; plunder, hostile inroad”). Doublet of courser and hussar.