corsair

Senso (Inglese)

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).

Concetti

corsaro

pirata

bucaniere

filibustiere

corsale

sinonimi

pirate

buccaneer

privateer

Barbary pirate

freebooter

picaroon

pirate ship

plunderer

filibuster

rover

sea robber

sea rover

caper

Traduzioni

corsaire

zeerover

Korsar

corsario

pirate

corsário

korsan

corsari

bucanero

Seeräuber

flibustier

barbaresque

forban

Pirat

Pronunciato come (IPA)

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Etimologia (Inglese)

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