CORSAIR

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

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Etymology

Noun

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).

Synonyms

• (pirate): see pirate

Source: Wiktionary

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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

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