COURSER

courser. Courser, n. a racehorse, horseracer, hunter, disputer

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Cours″er (k?rs″?r), n. [[F. coursier.]] 1. 1. One who courses or hunts.
leash is a leathern thong by which . . . a courser leads his greyhound. Hanmer. 2. 2. A swift or spirited horse; a racer or a war horse; a charger. Pope.
3. 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.