corsair

Betekenis (Engels)

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).

Concepten

zeerover

kaperschip

Synoniemen

pirate

buccaneer

privateer

Barbary pirate

freebooter

picaroon

pirate ship

plunderer

filibuster

rover

sea robber

sea rover

caper

Vertalingen

corsaire

corsaro

Korsar

pirate

pirata

corsário

corsario

korsan

bucanero

corsari

barbaresque

Seeräuber

forban

flibustier

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈkɔːɹsɛəɹ/

Etymologie (Engels)

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