courser
UK/ˈkɜːsə/
courser noun: a dog used for coursing.
Noun
courser (plural coursers)
- A dog used for coursing.
- 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.
- A stone used in building a course.
courser meaning in Tamil, Kannada and Sanskrit
courser in Tamil
- கல்குருவி
courser in Kannada
- courser
- ಯವನ yavana
courser in Sanskrit
- courser ; a racehorse
- अर्वत् árvat
Forms of courser
| plural | coursers |
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Origin of courser
From Middle English courser, Anglo-Norman cursier, corser, from Medieval Latin cursārius. By surface analysis, course + -er. Doublet of corsair and hussar.
Words formed from courser
- bronze-winged courser
- Burchell's courser
- cream-coloured courser
- double-banded courser
- Indian courser
- Jerdon's courser
- Somali courser
- Temminck's courser
- three-banded courser
Phrases with courser
Words that rhyme with courser
Questions about courser
- What does courser mean?
- Courser means a dog used for coursing.
- What is courser in Tamil?
- Courser in Tamil is கல்குருவி. See Courser meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is courser?
- Courser is a noun.
- How do you pronounce courser?
- Courser is pronounced /ˈkɜːsə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of courser?
- The plural of courser is coursers.
Words near courser in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: courser (page history and authors); courser (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ಯವನ (Kannada) (page history and authors); अर्वत् (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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