courser

English
A courser (Cursorius rufus)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

courser (plural coursers)

  1. A dog used for coursing.
  2. A hunter who practises coursing.
  3. A swift horse; a racehorse or a charger.
    • 1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 57:
      Sir Launfal is instantly set at liberty, and vaulting on the courser his mistress had bestowed on him, and which was held at hand by his squire, he follows her out of the town.
  4. Any of several species of terrestrial bird in the genera Cursorius or Rhinoptilus of the family Glareolidae.
  5. A stone used in building a course.

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French

Etymology

From course.

Pronunciation
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Verb

courser

  1. (colloquial) to purchase
  2. (colloquial) to chase

Conjugation
Conjugation of courser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple courser
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple coursant
/kuʁ.sɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle coursé
/kuʁ.se/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present course
/kuʁs/		 courses
/kuʁs/		 course
/kuʁs/		 coursons
/kuʁ.sɔ̃/		 coursez
/kuʁ.se/		 coursent
/kuʁs/
imperfect coursais
/kuʁ.sɛ/		 coursais
/kuʁ.sɛ/		 coursait
/kuʁ.sɛ/		 coursions
/kuʁ.sjɔ̃/		 coursiez
/kuʁ.sje/		 coursaient
/kuʁ.sɛ/
past historic2 coursai
/kuʁ.se/		 coursas
/kuʁ.sa/		 coursa
/kuʁ.sa/		 coursâmes
/kuʁ.sam/		 coursâtes
/kuʁ.sat/		 coursèrent
/kuʁ.sɛʁ/
future courserai
/kuʁ.sə.ʁe/		 courseras
/kuʁ.sə.ʁa/		 coursera
/kuʁ.sə.ʁa/		 courserons
/kuʁ.sə.ʁɔ̃/		 courserez
/kuʁ.sə.ʁe/		 courseront
/kuʁ.sə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional courserais
/kuʁ.sə.ʁɛ/		 courserais
/kuʁ.sə.ʁɛ/		 courserait
/kuʁ.sə.ʁɛ/		 courserions
/kuʁ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/		 courseriez
/kuʁ.sə.ʁje/		 courseraient
/kuʁ.sə.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses)		 present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses)		 present course
/kuʁs/		 courses
/kuʁs/		 course
/kuʁs/		 coursions
/kuʁ.sjɔ̃/		 coursiez
/kuʁ.sje/		 coursent
/kuʁs/
imperfect2 coursasse
/kuʁ.sas/		 coursasses
/kuʁ.sas/		 coursât
/kuʁ.sa/		 coursassions
/kuʁ.sa.sjɔ̃/		 coursassiez
/kuʁ.sa.sje/		 coursassent
/kuʁ.sas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — course
/kuʁs/		 — coursons
/kuʁ.sɔ̃/		 coursez
/kuʁ.se/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman cursier, corser, from Medieval Latin cursārius; equivalent to cours +‎ -er.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kuːrˈseːr/, /ˈkuːrsər/, /kurˈseːr/, /ˈkursər/

Noun

courser (plural coursers)

  1. A charger (large horse for battle)
  2. (by extension) Any stallion; any horse.

Descendants
  • English: courser
  • Scots: couser, cusser, cuisser

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