courser

Meaning

Noun

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

Origin

• From Middle English courser, borrowed from Anglo-Norman cursier, corser (French: coursier), from Old French curs ("course").