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courser

/ˈkɜːsə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.00 in modern English

Syllables
cours-er
IPA
/ˈkɜːsə/
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A dog used for coursing.

noun

A hunter who practises coursing.

noun

A swift horse; a racehorse or a charger.

noun

Any of several species of terrestrial bird in the genera Cursorius and Rhinoptilus.

noun

A stone used in building a course.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English courser, Anglo-Norman cursier, corser, from Medieval Latin cursārius. By surface analysis, course + -er. Doublet of corsair and hussar.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: courser, cursier, cursārius

Regional Pronunciation

  • British English: /ˈkɜːsə/

Inflected Forms

coursers (plural)

Phrases

bronze-winged courser Burchell's courser cream-coloured courser double-banded courser Indian courser Jerdon's courser Somali courser Temminck's courser

Synonyms

charger

Homonyms

curser cursor

Rhymes With

enforcer coarser endorser orser corser mercer cursor purser bursar verser coercer

Questions

How do you pronounce courser?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkɜːsə/.
What does courser mean?
A dog used for coursing.
Where does courser come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce courser

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