courser
1. a huntsman who hunts small animals with fast dogs that use sight rather than scent to follow their prey
• Hypernyms:
hunter, huntsman
2. formerly a strong swift horse ridden into battle
• Syn:
charger
• Derivationally related forms:
charge (for: charger)
• Hypernyms:
warhorse
3. a dog trained for coursing
• Hypernyms:
hunting dog
4. swift-footed terrestrial plover-like bird of southern Asia and Africa;
related to the pratincoles
• Hypernyms:
shorebird, shore bird, limicoline bird
• Hyponyms:
cream-colored courser, Cursorius cursor, crocodile bird, Pluvianus aegyptius
• Member Holonyms:
Glareolidae, family Glareolidae
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