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 person who practises coursing.
  3. A hunter.
  4. A stone used in building a course.
  5. A racehorse or a charger.
  6. Any of several species of bird in the genera Cursorius or Rhinoptilus of the family Glareolidae.

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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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