n. [ F. coursier. ] 1. One who courses or hunts. [ 1913 Webster ]
leash is a leathern thong by which . . . a courser leads his greyhound. Hanmer. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. A swift or spirited horse; a racer or a war horse; a charger. [ Poetic. ] Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
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. [ 1913 Webster ]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Courser \Cours"er\ (k?rs"?r), n. [F. coursier.]
1. One who courses or hunts.
[1913 Webster]
leash is a leathern thong by which . . . a courser
leads his greyhound. --Hanmer.
[1913 Webster]
2. A swift or spirited horse; a racer or a war horse; a
charger. [Poetic.] --Pope.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
courser
n 1: a huntsman who hunts small animals with fast dogs that use
sight rather than scent to follow their prey
2: formerly a strong swift horse ridden into battle [syn:
{charger}, {courser}]
3: a dog trained for coursing
4: swift-footed terrestrial plover-like bird of southern Asia
and Africa; related to the pratincoles
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