corsair

Значение (Английский)

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).

Синонимы

pirate

buccaneer

privateer

Barbary pirate

freebooter

picaroon

pirate ship

plunderer

filibuster

rover

sea robber

sea rover

caper

Переводы

corsaire

Korsar

zeerover

corsaro

corsário

corsario

pirata

pirate

korsan

bucanero

corsari

forban

barbaresque

Seeräuber

Произносится как (IPA)

/ˈkɔːɹsɛəɹ/

Этимология (Английский)

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