corsair.
A French privateer, especially from the port of Saint-Malo.
Meaning & usage
A French privateer, especially from the port of Saint-Malo.
A privateer or pirate in general.
The ship of such privateers or pirates, especially of French nationality.
A nocturnal assassin bug of the genus Rasahus, found in the southern USA.
A Californian market fish (Sebastes rosaceus).
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Latin cursus Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Medieval Latin cursāriusder. Italian corsarobor. French corsairebor. English corsair Borrowed from French corsaire, from Medieval Latin cursārius (“pirate”), from Latin cursus (“course, a running; plunder, hostile inroad”). Doublet of courser and hussar.
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