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PRONUNCIATION OF COURSER

courser  [ˈkɔːsə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF COURSER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Courser is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES COURSER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Courser

The coursers are a group of birds which together with the pratincoles make up the family Glareolidae. They have long legs, short wings and long pointed bills which curve downwards. Their most unusual feature for birds classed as waders is that they inhabit deserts and similar arid regions. They have cryptic plumage and crouch down when alarmed to avoid detection by predators. Like the pratincoles, the coursers are found in warmer parts of the Old World. They hunt insects by running. Their 2-3 eggs are laid on the ground.

Definition of courser in the English dictionary

The definition of courser in the dictionary is a person who courses hounds or dogs, esp greyhounds. Other definition of courser is a hound or dog trained for coursing.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH COURSER


Chaucer
ˈtʃɔːsə
deforcer
dɪˈfɔːsə
discourser
dɪsˈkɔːsə
divorcer
dɪˈvɔːsə
dorsa
ˈdɔːsə
dorser
dɔːsə
endorsor
ɪnˈdɔːsə
enforcer
ɪnˈfɔːsə
forcer
ˈfɔːsə
Horsa
ˈhɔːsə
indorser
ɪnˈdɔːsə
indorsor
ɪnˈdɔːsə
Ramaphosa
ˌræməˈfɔːsə
reinforcer
ˌriːɪnˈfɔːsə
saucer
ˈsɔːsə
scorser
ˈskɔːsə
Xhosa
ˈkɔːsə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE COURSER

courlan
Courland
Cournand
course
course book
course fees
course of action
course of study
course requirements
course work
courses
courseware
coursework
coursing
court
court action
court appearance
court card
court case
court circular

WORDS THAT END LIKE COURSER

asperser
converser
curser
disburser
disperser
endorser
immerser
nurser
parser
purser
rehearser
reimburser
reverser
traverser
verser
worser

Synonyms and antonyms of courser in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «courser» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF COURSER

Find out the translation of courser to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of courser from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «courser» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

骏马
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

corcel
570 millions of speakers

English

courser
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

courser
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الجواد
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

скаковая
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

corcel
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ধাবনকারী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

coursier
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Courser
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Renner
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

駿馬
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

준마
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Courser
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

trường đua
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பந்தயக் குதிரை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कुर्सेर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

süvari atı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

courser
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

courser
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

скаковая
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

courser
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

courser
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

drawwertjie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

grövre
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

courser
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of courser

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «COURSER»

The term «courser» is regularly used and occupies the 95.579 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «COURSER» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about courser

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COURSER»

Discover the use of courser in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to courser and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Bradford and Warner
Featuring vintage photographs from the collections of the Bradford and Warner Historical Societies, Bradford and Warner affords a glimpse into the mutual past of these two towns.
Laurie Buchar, Rebecca Courser, 2012
2
International Wildlife Encyclopedia: Chickaree - crabs
Pale plumage provides the cream-colored courser with excellent camouflage in the arid lands of Africa and western Asia. The double-banded courser, Rhinoptilus africanus, is found on bare, stony ...
‎2002
3
Birds of the Horn of Africa: Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, ...
Courser. Cursorius temminckii 21cm, 8" Slightly smaller than similar species with rufous cap. Lower breast dull rufous, with a blackish smudge in centre of belly ( can be hard to see). Pale lores, dark eye-line and whitish superciliary stripe give  ...
Nigel Redman, Terry Stevenson, John Fanshawe, 2009
4
Birds of East Africa: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi
Reasonably easily told apart by head, breast and underwing markings. Sexes similar: immatures have pale fringes to the wing-coverts and back. Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii 21cm, 8” Slightly smaller than similar species with a ...
Terry Stevenson, John Fanshawe, 2004
5
Sasol Southern African Birds: A Photographic Guide
BUrchell'S Courser Cursorius rufus 23 cm Bloukopdrawwertjie Burchell's Courser might be confused with Temminck's Courser but is larger and usually paler overall, with diminished black markings on the head and a diagnostic blue-grey, not ...
Ian Sinclair, Ian Hugh Davidson, 1995
6
Avian Architecture: How Birds Design, Engineer, and Build
MATERIALS. AND. FEATURES. Courser. Nest. The coursers form a special subfamily ofwaders that has evolved into a group ofeight species. They inhabit semidesert or other almost bare ground in Africa and India. The most widespread is the ...
Peter Goodfellow, 2011
7
Wind Rider's Oath
Not even a courser could maintain the pace he'd set without eventually wearing himself out, and Kelthys could feel the stallion's weariness . . . and his own. Indeed, although Walasfro had been doing all the galloping, Kelthys suspected that he ...
David Weber, 2004
8
Sexuality and Form: Caravaggio, Marlowe, and Bacon
scenes, Faustus sells a horse to a horse courser with the warning that the horse courser must not ride the horse into the water. The courser, "thinking some hidden mystery had beene in the horse" (B-text, 1138-39), rides the horse into the  ...
Graham L. Hammill, 2000
9
The Foreign Quarterly Review
with the Arab courser, and owed its diffusion to the charms of Arabian fiction. In the early victories of the Arabs, the horse was allowed an equal share of spoil with his master, and the subsequent refinement of the Moors never deprived that  ...
10
Lantern and Candlelight
a foul-nosed jade happens to serve .a horse-courser, he hath more may cozen strange pills than a pothecary0 makes for the purging of his head. his chapman He knows that a horse with such a quality is but a beastly com- that ha(h (he panion ...
Thomas Dekker, Viviana Comensoli, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COURSER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term courser is used in the context of the following news items.
1
'Now we're stuck'
I too was insulted at the audacity of state Rep. Todd Courser who wants to limit marriages to be performed only in the religious context of a ... «Browncitybanner, Jul 15»
2
Michigan Political Points: Tea party furious with gas tax plan, gay …
Current Michigan House candidate Todd Courser speaks on WKAR-TV's "Off the Record" show in August 2013, hosted by Tim Skubick. «MLive.com, Jul 15»
3
High school math a focus of Pottawattamie Promise schools
“We're talking in our school district about having them take a three-trimester courser in math as their junior math course that will prepare them ... «The Daily Nonpareil, Jul 15»
4
Bohemian Melville turns on the charm at La Luna's private dining room
Our food-obsessed party went for the "no-holds barred" five courser, with wine pairing. We got off to a good start. A beautifully constructed pig ... «eNCA, Jul 15»
5
Same-sex marriage issues are far from over
Todd Courser, R-Lapeer, in a statement explaining the bill he sponsored. That bill has been assigned to the House Regulatory Reform ... «GOPUSA, Jul 15»
6
Following same-sex marriage ruling, lawmakers debate state LGBT …
Todd Courser, R-Lapeer, said he believes extending the Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act to include protections for members of the LGBT ... «The State News, Jul 15»
7
Area grads celebrate
Todd Courser, who presented each graduate with a certificate from the State of Michigan. Members of Lapeer County's Class of 2015 included: ... «Tri City Times, Jul 15»
8
Marriage ruling is only a good start
What we expect from Lansing is the bill introduced last week by Rep. Todd Courser, R-Lapeer, in anticipation of the Supreme Court's ruling. «Port Huron Times Herald, Jun 15»
9
Even with SCOTUS decision, fight over LGBT rights in Michigan …
However, it's pretty certain that measure isn't going to move, in large part because the sponsor, state Representative Todd Courser (R-Lapeer), ... «Michigan Radio, Jun 15»
10
Get Courser out!
I read in the paper the other day what state Rep. Todd Courser from Lapeer County wants to do. He wants weddings to be performed only in ... «Browncitybanner, Jun 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Courser [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/courser>. May 2024 ».
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