Bernd
Oh well I am wrong again, however, the dictionnaire historique
Robert, defines it as "someone who captures enemy merchant vessels".
"often later confused with filibustier and pirate (it is true),
although they are denote quite distinct entities."
So it could denote, pirate, but it is not its first meaning, and
according to my Google search, the meaning seems once more to be
separate? How would Weiss have used it? Can we know?
No search on the web with "fameu+corsair" came up with Black Beard as
CORSAIRE (but as pirate), almost all references as "fameux corsaire"
was to "Duguay-Touin " as said in previous message.
The question remains whether Weiss could have heard about Duguay-
Touin's exploits through the memoires.
Anthony
Le 12 janv. 09 à 22:01, Bernd Haegemann a écrit :
Quite so, but he is not a corsair,
Corsaire. s. m. Pirate, escumeur de mer
from
Dictionnaire de L'Académie française, 1st Edition (1694)
best wishes
Bernd
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