Definitions for corsair

corsair cor·sair

Spelling: [kawr-sair]
IPA: /ˈkɔr sɛər/

Corsair is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 153 anagrams from letters in corsair (aciorrs).

Definitions for corsair

noun

  1. a fast ship used for piracy.
  2. a pirate, especially formerly of the Barbary Coast.
  3. (initial capital letter) Military. a gull-winged, propeller-driven fighter plane built for the U.S. Navy in World War II and kept in service into the early 1950s.

Origin of corsair

1540-50; Middle French corsaire Provençal corsar(i) Upper Italian corsaro Medieval Latin cursārius, equivalent to Latin curs(us) course + -ārius

Examples for corsair

For a price below $2.50 per share, corsair would be treated like other shareholders.

Yusuf was standing at the corsair leader's elbow speaking rapidly.

After writing his letters, Lucan left the Uckfield house at 1:15 a.m. and drove 16 miles to Newhaven, where he dumped the corsair.

Some $200 million of the $785 million came from corsair itself, with the balance coming from its limited partners.

He considered the corsair a moment with his sunken smouldering eyes.

"Pay him, Ali," said the corsair shortly, and he advanced to receive his purchase.

"I have lived too little with women to be able to give thee an answer," said the corsair.

If it were a corsair, the rowers would all be Christian prisoners.

He was just, and he had a conscience, as odd a thing as it was awkward in a corsair Basha.

The words were out and the thing was done before Asad had realized the corsair's intent.

Word Value for corsair
Scrable

9

Words with friends

10

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