(archaic)a pirate (古)海盗 ■a privateer, especially one operating along the southern shore of the Mediterranean in the 17th century (尤指17世纪活动在地中海南岸的)私掠船
语源
mid 16th cent.: from French corsaire, from medieval Latin cursarius, from cursus 'a raid, plunder', special use of Latin cursus 'course', from currere 'to run'