Associations to the word «Corsair»

Wiktionary

CORSAIR, noun. A French privateer, especially from the port of St-Malo
CORSAIR, noun. A privateer or pirate in general
CORSAIR, noun. The ship of privateers or pirates, especially of French nationality
CORSAIR, noun. A nocturnal assassin bug of the genus Rasahus, found in the southern USA.
CORSAIR, noun. A Californian market fish (Sebastichthys rosaceus).

Dictionary definition

CORSAIR, noun. A pirate along the Barbary Coast.
CORSAIR, noun. A swift pirate ship (often operating with official sanction).

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats