corsair

English

/ˈkɔːsɛː/

noun
Definitions
  • 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 , found in the southern USA.
  • A Californian market fish ().

Etymology

Borrowed from French corsaire derived from Latin cursārius, cursus (course, a running, plunder, hostile inroad, course of a race, running, the act of running, act of running).

Origin

Latin

cursus

Gloss

course, a running, plunder, hostile inroad, course of a race, running, the act of running, act of running

Concept
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