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[kawr-ser, kohr-] Pronunciation Key
[kawr-ser, kohr-] Pronunciation Key –noun
| 1. | a person or thing that courses. |
| 2. | a dog for coursing. |
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[kawr-ser, kohr-] Pronunciation Key
[kawr-ser, kohr-] Pronunciation Key –noun
| any of several swift-footed, ploverlike birds of the genera Cursorius and Pluvianus, chiefly of the desert regions of Asia and Africa. |
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| cours·er 1
(kôr'sər, kōr'-) Pronunciation Key
n.
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| cours·er 2
(kôr'sər, kōr'-) Pronunciation Key
n. A swift horse; a charger. |
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| courser | |
noun | |
| 1. | a huntsman who hunts small animals with fast dogs that use sight rather than scent to follow their prey |
| 2. | formerly a strong swift horse ridden into battle [syn: charger] |
| 3. | a dog trained for coursing |
| 4. | swift-footed terrestrial plover-like bird of southern Asia and Africa; related to the pratincoles |
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Courser
Cours"er\ (k?rs"?r), n. [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. (Zo["o]l.) 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.
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