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Webster 1913 Edition


Courser

Cours′er

(k?rs′?r)
,
Noun.
[F.
coursier
.]
1.
One who courses or hunts.
leash is a leathern thong by which . . . a
courser
leads his greyhound.
Hanmer.
2.
A swift or spirited horse; a racer or a war horse; a charger.
[Poetic.]
Pope.
3.
(Zool.)
A grallatorial bird of Europe
(Cursorius cursor)
, remarkable for its speed in running. Sometimes, in a wider sense, applied to running birds of the Ostrich family.

Webster 1828 Edition


Courser

COURSER

,
Noun.
1.
A swift horse; a runner; a war-horse; a word used chiefly in poetry.
2.
One who hunts; one who pursues the sport of coursing hares.
3.
A disputant. [Not in use.]

Definition 2024


courser

courser

English

A courser (Cursorius rufus)

Wikispecies

Noun

courser (plural coursers)

  1. A dog used for coursing.
  2. A person who practises coursing.
  3. A hunter.
  4. A stone used in building a course.
  5. A racehorse or a charger.
  6. Any of several species of bird in the genus Cursorius of the family Glareolidae.

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References

  • OED 2nd edition 1989

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French

Verb

courser

  1. (colloquial) to purchase

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