单词 | courser |
释义 | courser courser1 /kawr"seuhr, kohr"-/, n. 1. a person or thing that courses. 2. a dog for coursing. [1585-95; COURSE + -ER1] courser2 /kawr"seuhr, kohr"-/, n. Literary. a swift horse. [1250-1300; ME < AF, OF coursier < VL *cursarius, equiv. to L curs(us) COURSE + -arius -ARY; see -ER2] courser3 /kawr"seuhr, kohr"-/, n. any of several swift-footed, ploverlike birds of the genera Cursorius and Pluvianus, chiefly of the desert regions of Asia and Africa. [1760-70; irreg. < NL cursorius fitted for running, equiv. to L cur(rere) to run + -sorius, for -torius -TORY1; cf. COURSE] |
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