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Word: Corsair
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
mid 16th century: from French corsaire, from medieval Latin cursarius, from cursus ‘a raid, plunder’, special use of Latin cursus ‘course’, from currere ‘to run’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈkɔːsɛː
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a pirate.
Short Definition:pirate
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