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Seafarer vs Corsair - What's the difference?

seafarer | corsair |

As nouns the difference between seafarer and corsair

is that seafarer is a sailor or mariner while corsair is a french privateer, especially from the port of st-malo.

seafarer

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A sailor or mariner.
  • One who travels by sea.

    • corsair

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A French privateer, especially from the port of St-Malo
  • A privateer or pirate in general
  • * 1840 , (Charles Dickens), (Barnaby Rudge), [ 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."
  • The ship of privateers or pirates, especially of French nationality
  • A nocturnal assassin bug of the genus , found in the southern USA.

    • Derived terms

    * Turkish corsair

    External links

    * ("corsair" on Wikipedia) * (Assassin bug) * (Peiratinae) *