COURSERS

Noun

coursers

plural of courser

Anagrams

• scourers, sourcers

Source: Wiktionary


COURSER

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



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