cor|sair «KR sair», noun.
1. a pirate.
2. the ship of a pirate.
3. a privateer, especially a Saracen or Turkish privateer of the Barbary Coast.
╂[< French corsaire < Italian corsaro < Medieval Latin cursarius runner < Latin cursus, -ūs a race, journey < currere to run]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.