Courser

Pronunciation

• RP IPA: /ˈkɜːsÉœ/
• Homophones: curser, cursor

Origin

Middle English, from Anglo-Norman cursier, corser (French: coursier), from curs "course".

Full definition of courser

Noun

1. A dog used for coursing.
2. A person who practises coursing.
3. A hunter.
4. A stone used in building a course.
5. A racehorse or a charger.
6. Any of several species of bird in the genus Cursorius of the family Glareolidae.

Derived terms

• bronze-winged courser, Rhinoptilus chalcopterus
• Burchell's courser, Cursorius rufus
• cream-coloured courser, Cursorius cursor
• double-banded courser, Rhinoptilus africanus
• Indian courser, Cursorius coromandelicus
• Jerdon's courser, Rhinoptilus bitorquatus
• Somali courser, Cursorius somalensis
• Temminck's courser, Cursorius temminckii
• three-banded courser, Rhinoptilus cinctus

Anagrams

• scourer