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Synonyms for courser


Grammar : Noun
Spell : kawr-ser, kohr-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkɔr sər, ˈkoʊr-



Définition of courser

Origin :
  • large, powerful horse," c.1300, from Old French corsier "fast horse, charger," literally "fast-running," from Vulgar Latin *cursarius, from Latin cursus (see course (n.)).
  • As in hunter : noun a dog or horse bred for hunting
Example sentences :
  • The jackal lapped the courser's blood, and moaned with exquisite delight.
  • Extract from : « Alroy » by Benjamin Disraeli
  • I have seen it, child; a rocky wilderness, where I would not let my courser graze.'
  • Extract from : « Alroy » by Benjamin Disraeli
  • Still the courser onward rushes, still his mighty heart supports him.
  • Extract from : « Alroy » by Benjamin Disraeli
  • He rode like one insane, and his courser partook of his frenzy.
  • Extract from : « Rookwood » by William Harrison Ainsworth
  • At evening fall I chanced to ride, My courser to a tree I tied.
  • Extract from : « Signelil » by Anonymous
  • Gladly, said he, and they shook hands on it; a courser of Spain to an English hobby.
  • Extract from : « Mary Tudor, Queen of France » by Mary Croom Brown
  • She was the whaling-schooner Courser, of Provincetown, Massachusetts.
  • Extract from : « Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States » by Raphael Semmes
  • He reined up his courser on the summit and sadly viewed the scene.
  • Extract from : « The Cavaliers of Virginia » by William A. Caruthers
  • Will a Courser of the Sun work softly in the harness of a Drayhorse?
  • Extract from : « Life of Robert Burns » by Thomas Carlyle
  • Come, Mont-Dore, to horse, the courser will not run away with you.
  • Extract from : « The Poniard's Hilt » by Eugne Sue

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