aftercourses

Noun

aftercourse (plural aftercourses)

1. The course (sequence of events or actions) that follows something; subsequent course.
   • And if she should, which Heaven forbid,
     O’rethrow me, as the Fidler did,
     What after-course have I to take,
     ’Gainst losing all I have at Stake?1684, Samuel Butler, Hudibras, London: W. Rogers, Canto 3, page 201
2. (archaic) The final course of a meal.
   • Yet durst I sweare he neuer dranke Tabacco,
     That smoake at those times was not in request,
     But for this doting age reseru’d in store:
     Now ’tis an after-course at euery feast,
     To some it may doe good, but hurt to more.1625, John Stradling, Divine Poemes, London: William Stansby, Class 5, p. 197

   Synonyms:

   dessert

3. (obsolete) A subsequent course of study.
   • […] although her education had only the finish of the common schools, yet she had superior teachers, who directed her in an after-course of reading and study, which took her far beyond the ordinary school course.1883, Frances Willard, chapter 17, in Women and Temperance, Hartford, CT: Park Publishing, page 208