courser

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English courser, Anglo-Norman cursier, corser, from Medieval Latin cursārius. By surface analysis, course +‎ -er. Doublet of corsair and hussar. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɜːsə/ Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)sə(ɹ) Homophones: curser, cursor === Noun === courser (plural coursers) A dog used for coursing. A hunter who practises coursing. A swift horse; a racehorse or a charger. Any of several species of terrestrial bird in the genera Cursorius and Rhinoptilus. A stone used in building a course. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “courser”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN. === Further reading === courser on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Cursorius on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Cursorius on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons === Anagrams === Correus, correus, scourer, sourcer == French == === Etymology === From course. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kuʁ.se/ === Verb === courser (colloquial) to purchase (colloquial) to chase ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === “courser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === recours == Middle English == === Alternative forms === corser, corsour, courseer, coursier, coursour, cowcer, cowrsure, cowser, cowsere, cursere, cursour === Etymology === Borrowed from Anglo-Norman cursier, corser, from Medieval Latin cursārius; equivalent to cours +‎ -er. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kuːrˈseːr/, /ˈkuːrsər/, /kurˈseːr/, /ˈkursər/ === Noun === courser (plural coursers) A charger (large horse for battle) (by extension) Any stallion; any horse. ==== Descendants ==== English: courser Scots: couser, cusser, cuisser → Middle Welsh: cwrser ==== References ==== “cǒursẹ̄r, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.