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courser.

A dog used for coursing.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈkɜːsə/Received-Pronunciation
  1. A dog used for coursing.

  2. A hunter who practises coursing.

  3. A swift horse; a racehorse or a charger.

  4. Any of several species of terrestrial bird in the genera Cursorius and Rhinoptilus.

  5. A stone used in building a course.

Where this word comes from

From Middle English courser, Anglo-Norman cursier, corser, from Medieval Latin cursārius. By surface analysis, course + -er. Doublet of corsair and hussar.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.