courser
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courser1
▶noun literary a swift horse.
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courser2
▶noun a fast-running plover-like bird found in open country in Africa and Asia. [Cursorius cursor (cream-coloured courser) and other species.]
– origin C18: from mod. L. Cursorius ‘adapted for running’, from L. cursor ‘runner’.
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courser3
▶noun a person who goes coursing with greyhounds.
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