courser
(noun) swift-footed terrestrial plover-like bird of southern Asia and Africa; related to the pratincoles
courser
(noun) a dog trained for coursing
charger, courser
(noun) formerly a strong swift horse ridden into battle
courser
(noun) a huntsman who hunts small animals with fast dogs that use sight rather than scent to follow their prey
Source: WordNet® 3.1
courser (plural coursers)
A dog used for coursing.
A person who practises coursing.
A hunter.
A stone used in building a course.
A racehorse or a charger.
Any of several species of bird in the genus Cursorius of the family Glareolidae.
• Correus, correus, scourer, sourcer
Source: Wiktionary
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.)
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 April 2025
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The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
