Buccaneer vs Corsair - What's the difference?
buccaneer | corsair |
(nautical) Any of a group of seamen who cruised on their own account on the Spanish Main and in the Pacific in the 17th century; similar to pirates but did not prey on ships of their own nation.
A pirate.
To engage in piracy against any but one's own nation's ships.
* 1963 , John Day, Arthur Henry Bullen (editor), The Works of John Day , page v
A French privateer, especially from the port of St-Malo
A privateer or pirate in general
* 1840 , (Charles Dickens), (Barnaby Rudge), [
The ship of privateers or pirates, especially of French nationality
A nocturnal assassin bug of the genus , found in the southern USA.
As nouns the difference between buccaneer and corsair
is that buccaneer is (nautical) any of a group of seamen who cruised on their own account on the spanish main and in the pacific in the 17th century; similar to pirates but did not prey on ships of their own nation while corsair is a french privateer, especially from the port of st-malo.As a verb buccaneer
is to engage in piracy against any but one's own nation's ships.buccaneer
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(en noun)Synonyms
* privateer * pirateDerived terms
* buccaneering * buccaneerishSee also
* Jolly Roger * skull and crossbonesVerb
(en verb)- In 1596 and 1597 he bucaneered against Sao Thomi, the Portuguese slaving settlement off the coast of West Africa, and in the Spanish Main
corsair
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(en noun)Chapter 34.]
- "If I had been born a corsair or a pirate, a brigand, genteel highwayman or patriot -- and they're the same thing," thought Mr. Tappertit, musing among the nine-pins, "I should have been all right. But to drag out a (sic) ignoble existence unbeknown to mankind in general -- patience! I will be famous yet."
