corsair

Meanings

Plural: corsairs

Noun

a pirate along the Barbary Coast
a swift pirate ship (often operating with official sanction)
A French privateer, especially from the port of Saint-Malo.
A privateer or pirate in general.
The ship of privateers or pirates, especially of French nationality.
A nocturnal assassin bug of the genus Rasahus, found in the southern USA.
A Californian market fish (Sebastes rosaceus).

Origin / Etymology

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

Synonyms

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

Scrabble Score: 9

corsair is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
corsair is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
corsair is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

corsair is a valid Words With Friends word