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Courser

see synonyms of courser

Noun

1. courser

a huntsman who hunts small animals with fast dogs that use sight rather than scent to follow their prey

2. charger, courser

formerly a strong swift horse ridden into battle

3. courser

a dog trained for coursing

4. courser

swift-footed terrestrial plover-like bird of southern Asia and Africa; related to the pratincoles

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Courser

see synonyms of courser
noun
1. 
a person who courses hounds or dogs, esp greyhounds
2. 
a hound or dog trained for coursing
noun
literary
a swift horse; steed
noun
a terrestrial plover-like shore bird, such as Cursorius cursor (cream-coloured courser), of the subfamily Cursoriinae of desert and semidesert regions of the Old World: family Glareolidae, order Charadriiformes

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Courser

see synonyms of courser
noun
1. 
a graceful, spirited, or swift horse
2. 
a war horse; charger
noun
any of various Asian and African swift-running shorebirds (family Glareolidae) that live in sandy, semidesert areas
noun
1. 
a person or thing that courses
2. 
a dog for coursing

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Courser

see synonyms of courser
n.
1. A dog trained for coursing.
2. A huntsman.
n.
A swift horse; a charger.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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