corsair

Significado (Inglés)

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).

Conceptos

corsario

bucanero

pirata

filibustero

corsario de Berbería

Sinónimos

pirate

buccaneer

privateer

Barbary pirate

freebooter

picaroon

pirate ship

plunderer

filibuster

rover

sea robber

sea rover

caper

Traducciones

corsaire

Korsar

zeerover

corsaro

pirate

corsário

pirata

korsan

corsari

Seeräuber

flibustier

barbaresque

forban

Pirat

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈkɔːɹsɛəɹ/

Etimología (Inglés)

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