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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.]