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courser

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cours·er 1  (kôrsr, kr-)
n.
1. A dog trained for coursing.
2. A huntsman.

cours·er 2  (kôrsr, kr-)
n.
A swift horse; a charger.

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

courser2
n
(Individual Sports & Recreations / Horse Training, Riding & Manège) Literary a swift horse; steed
[from Old French coursier, from cours course]

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]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.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
warhorse - horse used in war
3.courser - a dog trained for coursing
hunting dog - a dog used in hunting game
4.coursercourser - 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)


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The riders would leap them over my hand, as I held it on the ground; and one of the emperor's huntsmen, upon a large courser, took my foot, shoe and all; which was indeed a prodigious leap.
The courser paw'd the ground with restless feet, And snorting foam'd and champ'd the golden bit.
And eftsoons taking on him knighthood, and mounting on that strange courser, he went forth with her on that adventure, where beginneth the first book, viz.
 
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