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Definition of Courser
1. Noun. A huntsman who hunts small animals with fast dogs that use sight rather than scent to follow their prey.
2. Noun. Formerly a strong swift horse ridden into battle.
3. Noun. A dog trained for coursing.
4. Noun. Swift-footed terrestrial plover-like bird of southern Asia and Africa; related to the pratincoles.
Group relationships: Family Glareolidae, Glareolidae
Specialized synonyms: Cream-colored Courser, Cursorius Cursor, Crocodile Bird, Pluvianus Aegyptius
Definition of Courser
1. n. One who courses or hunts.
Definition of Courser
1. Noun. A dog used for coursing. ¹
2. Noun. A person who practises coursing. ¹
3. Noun. A hunter. ¹
4. Noun. A stone used in building a course. ¹
5. Noun. A racehorse or a charger. ¹
6. Noun. Any of several species of bird in the genus ''Cursorius'' of the family Glareolidae. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Courser
1. one that courses [n -S] - See also: courses
Lexicographical Neighbors of Courser
Literary usage of Courser
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Genealogical and Family History of the State of New Hampshire: A Record of by Ezra Scollay Stearns, William Frederick Whitcher, Edward Everett Parker, Lewis Publishing Company, Lewis publishing company, Chicago (1908)
"His first wife was Sarah E. (Todd) courser, daughter of Eli and Elizabeth ...
(V) William Barnard, who spells his name courser, was the fifth child and only ..."
2. Coloured Illustrations of British Birds, and Their Eggs by Henry Leonard Meyer (1848)
"THE Cream-coloured courser is a very rare, accidental visitant, ... The food of
the Cream-coloured courser consists in insects and their larvae, ..."
3. The Complete Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott by Walter Scott (1900)
"... Henry, cease I Thou sworn horse - courser, hold thy Eustace, thou bear'st a
brain — I pray, What did Blount see at break of day ? ' — peace. ..."
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