How to pronounce corsair
American English pronunciation
KOR-sair
- IPA
- /ˈkɔɹsɛɹ/
- Syllables
- KOR · sair (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What corsair means
A pirate of long ago who raided ships at sea
In a sentence: The corsair sailed his swift ship along the coast, hunting for treasure.
Where it comes from: It comes from the French corsaire, from a Latin word for a course or a running, which also came to mean a raid.
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