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corsair

noun
/kɔːɹsɛəɹ/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- Proto-Indo-European *-éti Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥séti Proto-Italic *korzō Medieval Latin currō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Medieval Latin -tus Medieval Latin cursus Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āsjos Medieval Latin -āriusnom. Medieval 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.

  1. derived from cursus
  2. derived from cursārius
  3. borrowed from corsaire

Definitions

  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. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. A nocturnal assassin bug of the genus Rasahus, found in the southern USA.

    2. A Californian market fish (Sebastes rosaceus).

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