courser

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

Middle English, from Anglo-Norman cursier, corser (French: coursier), from curs "course".

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈkɜːsɜ/
• Homophones: curser, cursor

Noun

courser (plural coursers)

1. A dog used for coursing.
2. A person who practises coursing.
3. A hunter.
4. A stone used in building a course.
5. A racehorse or a charger.
6. Any of several species of bird in the genus Cursorius of the family Glareolidae.

Derived terms

• Bronze-winged Courser, Rhinoptilus chalcopterus
• Burchell's Courser, Cursorius rufus
• Cream-coloured Courser, Cursorius cursor
• Double-banded Courser, Rhinoptilus africanus
• Indian Courser, Cursorius coromandelicus
• Jerdon's Courser, Rhinoptilus bitorquatus
• Somali Courser, Cursorius somalensis
• Temminck's Courser, Cursorius temminckii
• Three-banded Courser, Rhinoptilus cinctus

Translations

bird

Spanish: corredor (es) m.

References

• OED 2nd edition 1989

Anagrams

• scourer

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French

Verb

courser

1. (colloquial) to purchase

   Conjugation of courser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		courser			avoir coursé
gerund		en coursant			en ayant coursé
present participle		coursant
past participle		coursé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	course	courses	course	coursons	coursez	coursent
	imperfect	coursais	coursais	coursait	coursions	coursiez	coursaient
	past historic1	coursai	coursas	coursa	coursâmes	coursâtes	coursèrent
	future	courserai	courseras	coursera	courserons	courserez	courseront
	conditional	courserais	courserais	courserait	courserions	courseriez	courseraient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	course	courses	course	coursions	coursiez	coursent
	imperfect1	coursasse	coursasses	coursât	coursassions	coursassiez	coursassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	course	—	coursons	coursez	—
1literary tenses

Anagrams

• recours