English-Thai Dictionary

corsair

N โจรสลัด  pirate jon-sa-lad

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CORSAIR

n.A pirate; one who cruises or scours the ocean, with an armed vessel, without a commission from any prince or state, to seize and plunder merchantmen.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CORSAIR

Cor "sair (kr "sr ), n. Etym: [F. corsaire (cf. It. corsare, corsale,Pr. corsari ), LL. corsarius, fr. L. cursus a running, course, whence Sp. corso cruise, corsa cruise, coasting voyage, corsear to cruise against the enemy, to pirate, corsario cruising, a privateer authorized to cruise against the enemy. See Course. ]

 

1. A pirate; one who cruises about without authorization from any government, to seize booty on sea or land.

 

2. A piratical vessel. Barbary corsairs... infested the coast of the Mediterranean. Prescott.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

corsair

cor sair |ˌkôrˈse (ə )r kɔːrˈser | ▶noun archaic a pirate. • a pirate ship. • a privateer, esp. one operating along the southern coast of the Mediterranean in the 16th –18th centuries. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from French corsaire, from medieval Latin cursarius, from cursus ‘a raid, plunder, ’ special use of Latin cursus ‘course, ’ from currere ‘to run. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

corsair

corsair |kɔːˈsɛː, ˈkɔːsɛː | ▶noun archaic a pirate. • a pirate ship. • a privateer, especially one operating along the southern shore of the Mediterranean in the 16th –18th centuries. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from French corsaire, from medieval Latin cursarius, from cursus ‘a raid, plunder ’, special use of Latin cursus ‘course ’, from currere ‘to run ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

corsair

corsair noun archaic See pirate (sense 1 of the noun ).

 

Oxford Thesaurus

corsair

corsair noun archaic the ships had become game for the corsairs: pirate, buccaneer, marauder, raider, plunderer, freebooter, privateer; archaic picaroon, filibuster, sea dog, sea rover, rover, reaver, scummer; rare marooner, sea thief, sea robber, sea wolf, sea rat, water rat.

 

French Dictionary

corsaire

corsaire n. m. nom masculin 1 Capitaine autorisé à capturer les bateaux ennemis en temps de guerre. Note Sémantique Ne pas confondre avec le nom pirate, bandit des mers. 2 Pantalon s ’arrêtant au-dessous du genou. : Elle s ’est acheté un pantalon corsaire rouge, un corsaire rouge.