corsário

See also: corsario

Portuguese

Alternative forms
  • cossário, cossairo (archaic)

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian corsaro, from Medieval Latin cursārius. Alternatively, reformed from earlier cossário and cossairo as corso +‎ -ário.

Noun

corsário m (plural corsários, feminine corsária, feminine plural corsárias)

  1. pirate; corsair (one who plunders at sea)
    Synonyms: pirata, bucaneiro
  2. privateer (crew member of a private warship sanctioned to attack enemy ships)
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