coursern.¹

Brit.

/ˈkɔːsə/, U.S.

/ˈkɔrsər/

Etymology: In earlier sense immediately representing Old French courseur , Latin cursōr-em , noun of action from currĕre to run: in later senses probably directly < course v. or course n. + -er suffix¹.

†1. A runner; one who runs in a race, a racer.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > going swiftly on foot > [noun] > running > a runner

leapera1000

coursera1400

yernera1400

runner1440

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > racing on foot > [noun] > runner in race

runner1440

footman1620

lopemana1625

courser1652

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 267 Cursur [Fairf. Cursor, Gött. coursur] o werld man aght it call For almast it ouer-rennes all.

1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 309 A certain Courser, intending to try his speed at the Olympick games.

†2. One who chases or pursues. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > progressive motion > order of movement > following behind > [noun] > pursuit > pursuer

pursuandc1350

pursuera1382

suera1425

followera1450

chaser1487

courser1590

pursuant1593

prosecutor1598

questrist1608

dogger1611

1590 R. Harvey Plaine Percevall sig. C4^v The greatest coursers, and professed hunters of dumbe dogs.

1673 W. Wycherley Gentleman Dancing-master i. ii If he cannot protect us from the constable, and these midnight coursers, 'tis not a house for us.

†3. courser of bulls n. Obsolete a bull-baiter.

ΚΠ

1599 J. Minsheu Pleasant Dialogues Spanish & Eng. 20 in R. Percyvall & J. Minsheu Spanish Gram. I was once a courser of buls, and I alwaies tooke pleasure in fierce buls.

†4. A disputant in the schools (in Oxford University): see course v. 7b. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > academic or public disputation > [noun] > opponent in

opposerc1500

opponent1588

courser1658

1658 A. Wood Life & Times (1891) I. 242 A noted sophister and a remarkable courser..in the public schooles.

1688 G. Miege Great French Dict. ii. sig. N3^v/2 Courser or Disputant in Schools.

a. One who practises the sport of coursing.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > hunting > hunter > [noun] > one who courses

courser1782

slipper1825

1782 P. Beckford Thoughts on Hunting (new ed.) 15 (note) Some coursers even pretend that all not being of the fashionable colour, are curs, and not greyhounds.

1824 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto XVI lxxx. 104 Hunters bold, and coursers keen.

1870 Blaine's Encycl. Rural Sports (rev. ed.) §1910 The fore-legs..are more important organs in the greyhound than many a courser imagines.

b. A dog used for coursing.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dogs used for specific purposes > [noun] > sporting or hunting dog > for coursing

courser1600

striker1861

roughie1908

1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique vii. xxix. 855 Collers hung with bels put about the dogs neckes which are called coursers.

1882 Daily News 15 Feb. 4/6 A sale of greyhounds..[The] famous courser Salamis brought 245 guineas.

1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 14 Dec. 14/1 Some twenty greyhounds..racers and not coursers.

6. A building stone used in forming a course.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > stone or rock > [noun] > building stone > stone for other specific building use > piece of

pendant1474

vault-stone1480

table stone1554

course-stone1610

rustic1797

arch-stone1828

courser1885

1885 Blacklaw Quarry Price List Coursers 6 in. by 6 in. 3½d per lineal foot.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

coursern.²

Brit.

/ˈkɔːsə/, U.S.

/ˈkɔrsər/

Forms: Middle English courcere, corsour, Middle English coursere, coursour, Middle English cursoure, (Middle English courcyer, corsiare, coreser, couresere, cowrssor, cowrsser, corsowyr), Middle English–1500s curser, 1500s cursore, coursar, 1500s–1800s Scottish cursour, 1800s cusser, Middle English– courser.

Etymology: < French coursier, Old French corsier = Provençal corsier , Italian corsiere < Latin type *cursārius , < cursus : see course n. In Middle English the ending -our was often erroneously substituted.

a. originally. A large powerful horse, ridden in battle, in a tournament, etc. [compare course n. 5] ; a charger.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by purpose used for > [noun] > used in war or charger

courserc1300

destrierc1300

high horsec1380

courierc1400

light horse?1473

stirring horse1477

horse of service1577

warhorse1586

trooper1640

dragooner1642

charging-horse1695

troop-gelding1702

charger1762

war-steed1776

troop-horse1859

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by purpose used for > [noun] > used in tournament or jousting

courserc1300

jouster13..

steed corourc1300

high horsec1380

great horse1462

stirring horse1477

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by speed or gait > [noun] > swift horse

courserc1300

stirring horse1477

runnera1500

stirrer1570

spanker1814

ganger1817

ginger1825

clipper1836

traveller1889

speeler1893

pelter1899

c1300 K. Alis. 4056 And sette him on an hygh corsour.

1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 41 A courser, that he sholde ride Into the felde.

1413 J. Lydgate Pilgr. of Sowle (1483) v. x. 101 A fayre courcyer brydeled with gold.

1484 W. Caxton tr. Ordre of Chyualry (1926) iii. 31 Kniȝtes ouȝt to take coursers to juste & to go to tornoyes.

1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 232 This Colgernus vpone ane cursour wycht, With speir in hand all cled in armor brycht.

?1553 (c1501) G. Douglas Palice of Honour (London) i. l. 551 in Shorter Poems (1967) 40 Vpon a bardyt cursere [1579 Edinb. Curser] stout and bald.

1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II i. ii. 51 That they may breake his foming coursers backe, And throw the rider headlong in the listes.

1630 tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdomes World (rev. ed.) 421 The Courser of Naples..though he be not so swift as the Spanish Genet, yet is he better able to indure travell, and to beare the weight of Armor.

1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena 35 Armed at all pieces, and mounted on a great Courser.

1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall III. xlviii. 58 He entered the lists on a fiery courser.

1867 W. C. Bryant Brighter Day in Poems ii The fiery coursers fling Their necks aloft, and snuff the morning wind.

b. Since 17th cent. usually taken as: A swift horse, a racer. But in either sense now only poetic or rhetorical.

ΚΠ

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 97 Then I..A hundred Coursers from the Goal will drive.

1719 E. Young Busiris i. 3 Ethiopia sends A thousand Coursers fleeter than the Wind.

1839 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece VI. 223 He alighted from his chariot, mounted a fleet and eager courser.

2. A stallion. Obsolete or Scottish.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by gender or age > [noun] > male > stallion or stud-horse

stud horseeOE

stallion1390

steed-horsec1425

courser1483

mastard1598

stone-horse1600

stone-colt1691

seed horse1792

stud1803

foal-getter1809

entire1881

1483 Cath. Angl. 79 A Cowrssor, admissarius.

1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Fiii/2 A Courser, equus admissarius.

1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Cursour, couser, cusser, a stallion.

1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering I. xi. 188 For ye ken a fie man and a cusser fears na the deil.

1862 A. Hislop Prov. Scotl. 5 A fey man and a cursour fears na the deil.

Compounds

courser-breeding adj.

ΚΠ

1726 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey V. xxi. 374 Wide Elis' courser-breeding plain.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

coursern.³

Brit.

/ˈkɔːsə/, U.S.

/ˈkɔrsər/

Etymology: < Latin cursōrius, originally adjective ‘adapted to running’, used substantively as a generic name.

Zoology.

A bird of the genus Cursorius, noted for swift running; esp. C. isabellinus, the cream-coloured courser, a native of Northern Africa, very rarely seen in England.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > [noun] > family Glareolidae > member of genus Cursorius (courser)

courser1812

tachydromian1842

tachydrome-

1812 Pennant's Brit. Zool. (new ed.) II. ii. 108 Courser..plumage in general cream color.

1840 E. Blyth et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom 237 We shall place near the plovers and oyster-catchers, the Courser.

1878 T. Hardy Return of Native I. i. x. 194 A cream-coloured courser had used to visit this hill, a bird so rare that not more than a dozen have ever been seen in England.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

> see also

also refers to : † corsercoursern.

n.¹a1400

n.²c1300

n.³1812

单词	courser
释义	coursern.¹ Brit. /ˈkɔːsə/, U.S. /ˈkɔrsər/ Etymology: In earlier sense immediately representing Old French courseur , Latin cursōr-em , noun of action from currĕre to run: in later senses probably directly < course v. or course n. + -er suffix¹. †1. A runner; one who runs in a race, a racer. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > going swiftly on foot > [noun] > running > a runner leapera1000 coursera1400 yernera1400 runner1440 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > racing on foot > [noun] > runner in race runner1440 footman1620 lopemana1625 courser1652 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 267 Cursur [Fairf. Cursor, Gött. coursur] o werld man aght it call For almast it ouer-rennes all. 1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 309 A certain Courser, intending to try his speed at the Olympick games. †2. One who chases or pursues. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > order of movement > following behind > [noun] > pursuit > pursuer pursuandc1350 pursuera1382 suera1425 followera1450 chaser1487 courser1590 pursuant1593 prosecutor1598 questrist1608 dogger1611 1590 R. Harvey Plaine Percevall sig. C4^v The greatest coursers, and professed hunters of dumbe dogs. 1673 W. Wycherley Gentleman Dancing-master i. ii If he cannot protect us from the constable, and these midnight coursers, 'tis not a house for us. †3. courser of bulls n. Obsolete a bull-baiter. ΚΠ 1599 J. Minsheu Pleasant Dialogues Spanish & Eng. 20 in R. Percyvall & J. Minsheu Spanish Gram. I was once a courser of buls, and I alwaies tooke pleasure in fierce buls. †4. A disputant in the schools (in Oxford University): see course v. 7b. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > academic or public disputation > [noun] > opponent in opposerc1500 opponent1588 courser1658 1658 A. Wood Life & Times (1891) I. 242 A noted sophister and a remarkable courser..in the public schooles. 1688 G. Miege Great French Dict. ii. sig. N3^v/2 Courser or Disputant in Schools. 5. a. One who practises the sport of coursing. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > hunter > [noun] > one who courses courser1782 slipper1825 1782 P. Beckford Thoughts on Hunting (new ed.) 15 (note) Some coursers even pretend that all not being of the fashionable colour, are curs, and not greyhounds. 1824 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto XVI lxxx. 104 Hunters bold, and coursers keen. 1870 Blaine's Encycl. Rural Sports (rev. ed.) §1910 The fore-legs..are more important organs in the greyhound than many a courser imagines. b. A dog used for coursing. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dogs used for specific purposes > [noun] > sporting or hunting dog > for coursing courser1600 striker1861 roughie1908 1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique vii. xxix. 855 Collers hung with bels put about the dogs neckes which are called coursers. 1882 Daily News 15 Feb. 4/6 A sale of greyhounds..[The] famous courser Salamis brought 245 guineas. 1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 14 Dec. 14/1 Some twenty greyhounds..racers and not coursers. 6. A building stone used in forming a course. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > stone or rock > [noun] > building stone > stone for other specific building use > piece of pendant1474 vault-stone1480 table stone1554 course-stone1610 rustic1797 arch-stone1828 courser1885 1885 Blacklaw Quarry Price List Coursers 6 in. by 6 in. 3½d per lineal foot. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2019). coursern.² Brit. /ˈkɔːsə/, U.S. /ˈkɔrsər/ Forms: Middle English courcere, corsour, Middle English coursere, coursour, Middle English cursoure, (Middle English courcyer, corsiare, coreser, couresere, cowrssor, cowrsser, corsowyr), Middle English–1500s curser, 1500s cursore, coursar, 1500s–1800s Scottish cursour, 1800s cusser, Middle English– courser. Etymology: < French coursier, Old French corsier = Provençal corsier , Italian corsiere < Latin type cursārius , < cursus* : see course n. In Middle English the ending -our was often erroneously substituted. 1. a. originally. A large powerful horse, ridden in battle, in a tournament, etc. [compare course n. 5] ; a charger. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by purpose used for > [noun] > used in war or charger courserc1300 destrierc1300 high horsec1380 courierc1400 light horse?1473 stirring horse1477 horse of service1577 warhorse1586 trooper1640 dragooner1642 charging-horse1695 troop-gelding1702 charger1762 war-steed1776 troop-horse1859 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by purpose used for > [noun] > used in tournament or jousting courserc1300 jouster13.. steed corourc1300 high horsec1380 great horse1462 stirring horse1477 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by speed or gait > [noun] > swift horse courserc1300 stirring horse1477 runnera1500 stirrer1570 spanker1814 ganger1817 ginger1825 clipper1836 traveller1889 speeler1893 pelter1899 c1300 K. Alis. 4056 And sette him on an hygh corsour. 1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 41 A courser, that he sholde ride Into the felde. 1413 J. Lydgate Pilgr. of Sowle (1483) v. x. 101 A fayre courcyer brydeled with gold. 1484 W. Caxton tr. Ordre of Chyualry (1926) iii. 31 Kniȝtes ouȝt to take coursers to juste & to go to tornoyes. 1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 232 This Colgernus vpone ane cursour wycht, With speir in hand all cled in armor brycht. ?1553 (c1501) G. Douglas Palice of Honour (London) i. l. 551 in Shorter Poems (1967) 40 Vpon a bardyt cursere [1579 Edinb. Curser] stout and bald. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II i. ii. 51 That they may breake his foming coursers backe, And throw the rider headlong in the listes. View more context for this quotation 1630 tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdomes World (rev. ed.) 421 The Courser of Naples..though he be not so swift as the Spanish Genet, yet is he better able to indure travell, and to beare the weight of Armor. 1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena 35 Armed at all pieces, and mounted on a great Courser. 1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall III. xlviii. 58 He entered the lists on a fiery courser. 1867 W. C. Bryant Brighter Day in Poems ii The fiery coursers fling Their necks aloft, and snuff the morning wind. b. Since 17th cent. usually taken as: A swift horse, a racer. But in either sense now only poetic or rhetorical. ΚΠ 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 97 Then I..A hundred Coursers from the Goal will drive. View more context for this quotation 1719 E. Young Busiris i. 3 Ethiopia sends A thousand Coursers fleeter than the Wind. 1839 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece VI. 223 He alighted from his chariot, mounted a fleet and eager courser. 2. A stallion. Obsolete or Scottish. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by gender or age > [noun] > male > stallion or stud-horse stud horseeOE stallion1390 steed-horsec1425 courser1483 mastard1598 stone-horse1600 stone-colt1691 seed horse1792 stud1803 foal-getter1809 entire1881 1483 Cath. Angl. 79 A Cowrssor, admissarius. 1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Fiii/2 A Courser, equus admissarius. 1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Cursour, couser, cusser, a stallion. 1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering I. xi. 188 For ye ken a fie man and a cusser fears na the deil. 1862 A. Hislop Prov. Scotl. 5 A fey man and a cursour fears na the deil. Compounds courser-breeding adj. ΚΠ 1726 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey V. xxi. 374 Wide Elis' courser-breeding plain. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2020). coursern.³ Brit. /ˈkɔːsə/, U.S. /ˈkɔrsər/ Etymology: < Latin cursōrius, originally adjective ‘adapted to running’, used substantively as a generic name. Zoology. A bird of the genus Cursorius, noted for swift running; esp. C. isabellinus, the cream-coloured courser, a native of Northern Africa, very rarely seen in England. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > [noun] > family Glareolidae > member of genus Cursorius (courser) courser1812 tachydromian1842 tachydrome- 1812 Pennant's Brit. Zool. (new ed.) II. ii. 108 Courser..plumage in general cream color. 1840 E. Blyth et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom 237 We shall place near the plovers and oyster-catchers, the Courser. 1878 T. Hardy Return of Native I. i. x. 194 A cream-coloured courser had used to visit this hill, a bird so rare that not more than a dozen have ever been seen in England. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2018). > see also also refers to : † corsercoursern. < n.¹a1400n.²c1300n.³1812 see also
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Compounds

coursern.3

> see also

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