What does corsair mean?
Corsair means A French privateer, especially from the port of Saint-Malo..
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/kɔːɹsɛəɹ/ · noun
A French privateer, especially from the port of Saint-Malo..
"If I had been born a corsair or a pirate, a brigand, genteel highwayman or patriot―and they're the same thing," thought Mr. Tappertit, musing among the nine-pins, "I should have been all right. But to drag out a ^([sic]) ignoble existence unbeknown to mankind in general―patience! I will be famous yet."
Use corsair when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Corsair means A French privateer, especially from the port of Saint-Malo..
Common synonyms include buccaneer, corsair, freebooter, picaroon.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
"If I had been born a corsair or a pirate, a brigand, genteel highwayman or patriot―and they're the same thing," thought Mr. Tappertit, musing among the nine-pins, "I should have been all right. But to drag out a ^([sic]) ignoble existence unbeknown to mankind in general―patience! I will be famous yet."
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