corsair
(noun) a swift pirate ship (often operating with official sanction)
corsair, Barbary pirate
(noun) a pirate along the Barbary Coast
Source: WordNet® 3.1
corsair (plural corsairs)
A French privateer, especially from the port of St-Malo
A privateer or pirate in general
The ship of 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).
• (pirate): see pirate
Source: Wiktionary
Cor"sair (kr"sr), n. Etym: [F. corsaire (cf. It. corsare, corsale, Pr. corsari), LL. corsarius, fr. L. cursus a running, course, whence Sp. corso cruise, corsa cruise, coasting voyage, corsear to cruise against the enemy, to pirate, corsario cruising, a privateer authorized to cruise against the enemy. See Course.]
1. A pirate; one who cruises about without authorization from any government, to seize booty on sea or land.
2. A piratical vessel. Barbary corsairs . . . infested the coast of the Mediterranean. Prescott.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
30 January 2025
(noun) a severe dermatitis of herbivorous domestic animals attributable to photosensitivity from eating Saint John’s wort
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
