Courser
Pronunciation : Cours"er (krs"r)
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [F. coursier.]
Definition : 1. One who courses or hunts. leash is a leathern thong by which . . . a courser leads his greyhound. Hanmer.
2. A swift or spirited horse; a racer or a war horse; a charger. [Poetic.] Pope.
3. (Zo?l.)
Defn: A grallatorial bird of Europe (Cursorius cursor), remarkable for its speed in running. Sometimes, in a wider sense, applied to running birds of the Ostrich family.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913