Meanings
plural coursers
- A hunter who practises coursing.
- A swift horse; a racehorse or a charger.
Sir Launfal is instantly set at liberty (and vaulting on the courser his mistress had bestowed on him (and which was held at hand by his squire (he follows her out of the town.
1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 57 - Any of several species of terrestrial bird in the genera Cursorius and Rhinoptilus.
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
- Medieval Latincursārius
- Anglo-Normancursier
- Middle Englishcourser
- Englishcourser
From Middle English courser, Anglo-Norman cursier, corser, from Medieval Latin cursārius. By surface analysis, course + -er. Doublet of corsair and hussar.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Czech běhulík
- běhulíkbird
Finnish ajokoira, aavikkojuoksija
- ajokoiradog used for coursing
- aavikkojuoksijabird
- viippabird
Russian бегуно́к, бегунки́
- бегуно́к (begunók)bird
- бегунки́ (begunkí)bird
Spanish corredor
- corredorbird
Rhymes & wordplay
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Cite this entry
courser. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/courser
“courser.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/courser. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “courser,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/courser.
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