corsairs

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

   Synonyms:

   buccaneer, freebooter, picaroon, pirate, raider, reaver, sea rat, sea-robber, sea rover

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).