CORSAIR


Meaning of CORSAIR in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈkȯr-ˌser; kȯr-ˈ ]

noun

Etymology: Middle French & Old Italian; Middle French corsaire pirate, from Old Occitan corsari, from Old Italian corsaro, from Medieval Latin cursarius, from Latin cursus course — more at course

Date: 1549

: pirate ; especially : a privateer of the Barbary Coast

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