Meaning of COURSER
| Pronunciation: | | 'kowrsur
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| | Definition: | | [n] swift-footed terrestrial plover-like bird of southern Asia and Africa |
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| | See Also: | | cream-colored courser, crocodile bird, Cursorius cursor, family Glareolidae, Glareolidae, limicoline bird, Pluvianus aegyptius, shore bird, shorebird | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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| | Related Terms: | | antelope, arrow, beater, big game hunter, blue darter, blue streak, brood mare, cannonball, charger, colt, critter, dart, dobbin, eagle, electricity, entire, entire horse, equine, express train, filly, flash, foal, gazelle, gelding, greased lightning, greyhound, hare, horse, Houyhnhnm, hunter, huntress, huntsman, jacker, jacklighter, jet plane, light, lightning, mare, mercury, mount, nag, Nimrod, prancer, quicksilver, rocket, scared rabbit, shikari, shot, sportsman, sportswoman, stalker, stallion, steed, streak, streak of lightning, striped snake, stud, studhorse, swallow, tarpan, thought, thunderbolt, top horse, torrent, trapper, trooper, war-horse, white hunter, wild horse, wind |
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