corsair

Signification (Anglais)

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).

Concepts

corsaire

pirate

flibustier

barbaresque

forban

Synonymes

pirate

buccaneer

privateer

Barbary pirate

freebooter

picaroon

pirate ship

plunderer

filibuster

rover

sea robber

sea rover

caper

Traductions

zeerover

corsaro

Korsar

corsario

pirata

corsário

korsan

corsari

bucanero

Seeräuber

filibustiere

bucaniere

corsale

Pirat

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈkɔːɹsɛəɹ/

Étymologie (Anglais)

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