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English

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Etymology

From Middle English courser, borrowed from Anglo-Norman cursier, corser (French: coursier), from Old French curs (“course”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k??s?/
• Homophones: curser, cursor

Noun

courser (plural coursers)

1. A dog used for coursing.
2. A person who practises coursing.
3. A hunter.
4. A stone used in building a course.
5. A racehorse or a charger.
6. Any of several species of bird in the genus Cursorius of the family Glareolidae.

Derived terms

• bronze-winged courser, Rhinoptilus chalcopterus
• Burchell's courser, Cursorius rufus
• cream-coloured courser, Cursorius cursor
• double-banded courser, Rhinoptilus africanus
• Indian courser, Cursorius coromandelicus
• Jerdon's courser, Rhinoptilus bitorquatus
• Somali courser, Cursorius somalensis
• Temminck's courser, Cursorius temminckii
• three-banded courser, Rhinoptilus cinctus

Translations

References

• OED 2nd edition 1989

Anagrams

• Correus, correus, scourer, sourcer

French

Etymology

From course.

Verb

courser

1. (colloquial) to purchase

Conjugation

Further reading

• “courser” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• recours

English

Etymology

Compare Old French corsie, coursie (“passageway to the stern”). See course (noun).

Noun

coursey (plural courseys)

1. (nautical) A space in the galley; a part of the hatches.