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corsair

/kɔːɹsɛəɹ/

corsair noun: a French privateer, especially from the port of Saint-Malo.

corsair: a French privateer, especially from the port of Saint-Malo
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Noun

corsair (plural corsairs)

  1. A French privateer, especially from the port of Saint-Malo.
  2. A privateer or pirate in general.
    • "If I had been born a corsair or a pirate, a brigand, genteel highwayman or patriot―and they're the same thing," thought Mr. Tappertit, musing among the nine-pins, "I should have been all right. But to drag out a ^([sic]) ignoble existence unbeknown to mankind in general―patience! I will be famous...1841 February–November, Charles Dickens, “Barnaby Rudge. Chapter 34.”, in Master Humphrey’s Clock, volume III, London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC
  3. The ship of such privateers or pirates, especially of French nationality.
  4. A nocturnal assassin bug of the genus Rasahus, found in the southern USA.
  5. A Californian market fish (Sebastes rosaceus).

corsair meaning in Tamil, Bengali and Malayalam

corsair in Tamil

கடற்கொள்ளைக்காரன், சூறைக்கப்பல்

corsair in Bengali

ভূমধ্যসাগরের জলদস্যু, তার জাহাজ

corsair in Malayalam

pirate, marauder, freebooter
കടൽക്കള്ളൻ, കടൽക്കൊള്ളക്കാരൻ, കപ്പൽക്കൊള്ളക്കാരൻ, ജലദസ്യു, സമുദ്രദസ്യു, സമുദ്രതസ്കരൻ

Synonyms of corsair

All synonyms of corsair

Forms of corsair

pluralcorsairs

Plural of corsair: corsairs

Origin of corsair

Borrowed from French corsaire, from Medieval Latin cursārius (“pirate”), from Latin cursus (“course, a running; plunder, hostile inroad”). Doublet of courser and hussar.

Words formed from corsair

Questions about corsair

What does corsair mean?
Corsair means a French privateer, especially from the port of Saint-Malo.
What is corsair in Tamil?
Corsair in Tamil is கடற்கொள்ளைக்காரன், சூறைக்கப்பல். See Corsair meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is corsair?
Corsair is a noun.
How do you pronounce corsair?
Corsair is pronounced /kɔːɹsɛəɹ/.
What is the plural of corsair?
The plural of corsair is corsairs.

Words near corsair in the dictionary

  1. corsac fox
  2. corsac foxes
  3. corsacs
  4. corsage
  5. corsages
  6. corsair
  7. corsairs
  8. Corsalini
  9. Corsalinis
  10. Corsaro
  11. Corsaros

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: corsair (page history and authors); corsair (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); corsair (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); corsair (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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