courser (redirected from Coursers)

cours·er ¹  (kôrsr, kr-)

n.

1. A dog trained for coursing.

2. A huntsman.

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cours·er ²  (kôrsr, kr-)

n.

A swift horse; a charger.

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courser¹

n

1. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Hunting) a person who courses hounds or dogs, esp greyhounds

2. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Hunting) a hound or dog trained for coursing

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courser²

n

(Individual Sports & Recreations / Horse Training, Riding & Manège) Literary a swift horse; steed

[from Old French coursier, from cours course]

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courser³

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a terrestrial plover-like shore bird, such as Cursorius cursor (cream-coloured courser), of the subfamily Cursoriinae of desert and semidesert regions of the Old World: family Glareolidae, order Charadriiformes

[from Latin cursōrius suited for running, from cursus course]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	courser - a huntsman who hunts small animals with fast dogs that use sight rather than scent to follow their prey hunter, huntsman - someone who hunts game
	2.	courser - formerly a strong swift horse ridden into battle charger warhorse - horse used in war
	3.	courser - a dog trained for coursing hunting dog - a dog used in hunting game
	4.	courser - swift-footed terrestrial plover-like bird of southern Asia and Africa; related to the pratincoles limicoline bird, shore bird, shorebird - any of numerous wading birds that frequent mostly seashores and estuaries family Glareolidae, Glareolidae - Old World shorebirds: pratincoles and coursers cream-colored courser, Cursorius cursor - courser of desert and semidesert regions of the Old World crocodile bird, Pluvianus aegyptius - African courser that feeds on insect parasites on crocodiles

Translations

courser

n

(= dog) → Hatz- or Hetzhund m

(poet: = horse) → (schnelles) Ross (liter)