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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
COURSER
n. 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. ]
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
COURSER
Cours "er (krs "r ), n. Etym: [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. (Zoöl.)
Defn: 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.
New American Oxford Dictionary
courser
cours er 1 |ˈkôrsər ˈkɔrsər | ▶noun dated or literary a swift horse. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French corsier, based on Latin cursus (see course ).
courser
cours er 2 |ˈkɔrsər ˈkôrsər | ▶noun a fast-running ploverlike bird related to the pratincoles, typically found in open country in Africa and Asia. [Genera Cursorius and Rhinoptilus, family Glareolidae: several species, in particular the desert-dwelling cream-colored courser (C. cursor ).] ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: from modern Latin Cursorius ‘adapted for running, ’ from cursor ‘runner, ’ from the verb currere (see course ).
courser
cours er 3 |ˈkɔrsər ˈkôrsər | ▶noun a person who hunts animals such as hares with greyhounds using sight rather than scent. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from courser 1 .
Oxford Dictionary
courser
courser 1 |ˈkɔːsə | ▶noun literary a swift horse. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French corsier, based on Latin cursus (see course ).
courser
courser 2 |ˈkɔːsə | ▶noun a fast-running plover-like bird related to the pratincoles, typically found in open country in Africa and Asia. ●Genera Cursorius and Rhinoptilus, family Glareolidae: several species, in particular the desert-dwelling cream-coloured courser (C. cursor ). ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: from modern Latin Cursorius ‘adapted for running ’, from cursor ‘runner ’, from the verb currere (see course ).
courser
courser 3 |ˈkɔːsə | ▶noun a person who hunts animals such as hares with greyhounds using sight rather than scent. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from courser 1 .
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