coursers
plural of courser
• scourers, sourcers
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
12 May 2025
(adjective) not tried or tested by experience; “unseasoned artillery volunteers”; “still untested in battle”; “an illustrator untried in mural painting”; “a young hand at plowing”
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