courser Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a huntsman who hunts small animals with fast dogs that use sight rather than scent to follow their prey
  2. noun formerly a strong swift horse ridden into battle
    charger.
  3. noun a dog trained for coursing
  4. noun swift-footed terrestrial plover-like bird of southern Asia and Africa; related to the pratincoles

WordNet


Cours"er noun
Etymology
F. coursier.
Definitions
  1. One who courses or hunts.
    leash is a leathern thong by which . . . a courser leads his greyhound. Hanmer.
  2. A swift or spirited horse; a racer or a war horse; a charger. Poetic. Pope.
  3. (Zoöl.) A grallatorial bird of Europe (Cursorius cursor), remarkable for its speed in running. Sometimes, in a wider sense, applied to running birds of the Ostrich family.

Webster 1913