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† corser, courser Obs.
[f. corse v. + -er.]
A jobber; esp. a horse-dealer, a horse-couper. Obs. exc. in horse-corser.
c1380Wyclif Wks. (1880) 172 Þei ben corseris..and bien schep and neet and sellen hem for wynnynge. c1430Lydg. Bochas vi. i. (1554) 145 a, Like a coursour make coultes that be wilde, With spore and whip, to be tame and mild. c1440Promp. Parv. 94 Corsowre of horse, mango. 1449Petit. 27 Hen. VI, in Rolls Parl. V. 154/1 Oon William Gerveis, by the coloure of a patente..cleping hym⁓self the Kyngs Corser, rideth and gothe to..markeitis. 1519W. Horman Vulg. 251 b, Corsers of horses..by false menys, make them loke fresshe and fatte. 1523Fitzherb. Husb. §120 A corser is he, that byeth all rydden horses, and selleth them agayne. 1607Topsell Four-f. Beasts (1673) 224 The coursers of horses do many times beguile the simpler sort of buyers by lying and deceitful affirmation. 1613Beaum. & Fl. Captain v. i, I am no bawd, nor cheater, nor a courser Of broken-winded women. |