Synonyms for courser

Grammar : Noun

Spell : kawr-ser, kohr-

Phonetic Transcription : ˈkɔr sər, ˈkoʊr-

Définition of courser

Origin : large, powerful horse," c.1300, from Old French corsier "fast horse, charger," literally "fast-running," from Vulgar Latin *cursarius, from Latin cursus (see course (n.)).

As in hunter : noun a dog or horse bred for hunting

Example sentences :

The jackal lapped the courser's blood, and moaned with exquisite delight.
Extract from : « Alroy » by Benjamin Disraeli

I have seen it, child; a rocky wilderness, where I would not let my courser graze.'
Extract from : « Alroy » by Benjamin Disraeli

Still the courser onward rushes, still his mighty heart supports him.
Extract from : « Alroy » by Benjamin Disraeli

He rode like one insane, and his courser partook of his frenzy.
Extract from : « Rookwood » by William Harrison Ainsworth

At evening fall I chanced to ride, My courser to a tree I tied.
Extract from : « Signelil » by Anonymous

Gladly, said he, and they shook hands on it; a courser of Spain to an English hobby.
Extract from : « Mary Tudor, Queen of France » by Mary Croom Brown

She was the whaling-schooner Courser, of Provincetown, Massachusetts.
Extract from : « Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States » by Raphael Semmes

He reined up his courser on the summit and sadly viewed the scene.
Extract from : « The Cavaliers of Virginia » by William A. Caruthers

Will a Courser of the Sun work softly in the harness of a Drayhorse?
Extract from : « Life of Robert Burns » by Thomas Carlyle

Come, Mont-Dore, to horse, the courser will not run away with you.
Extract from : « The Poniard's Hilt » by Eugne Sue

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