corsair

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

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).

Έννοιες

πειρατής

κουρσάρος

πειρατικό πλοίο

Συνώνυμα

pirate

buccaneer

privateer

Barbary pirate

freebooter

picaroon

pirate ship

plunderer

filibuster

rover

sea robber

sea rover

caper

Μεταφράσεις

corsaire

zeerover

Korsar

corsaro

corsário

corsario

pirate

pirata

korsan

bucanero

corsari

filibustiere

bucaniere

Seeräuber

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/ˈkɔːɹsɛəɹ/

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

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