courser
kawr ser
- n a huntsman who hunts small animals with fast dogs that use sight rather than scent to follow their prey
- n formerly a strong swift horse ridden into battle
- n a dog trained for coursing
- n swift-footed terrestrial plover-like bird of southern Asia and Africa; related to the pratincoles
- When people heard that "Oh, Dear," slim-legged courser of the Prince of Wales, had died of heart failure while making a jump (see COMMONWEALTH), they realized with vicarious.
- Most remarkable single fact about this strange race: when the running gets hottest, the leading courser is almost invariably mounted by a tiny, leathery, ascetic man in a white .
- For a man who had once stopped a tank advance to observe a rare cream-colored courser in flight, the choice was easy.