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coursers

noun

plural of courser
1
as in hunters

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as in trotters

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for coursers
  1. hunters
  2. mounts
  3. warhorses
  4. bays
  5. mares
  6. chargers
  7. stallions
  8. colts
Noun
  • Animal-rights activists last year held long and often contentious debates over the hunt, buying up about one-third of the permits themselves to keep them from hunters’ hands.
    — Zoey Thomas, Miami Herald, 15 Sep. 2026
  • When hunters harvest a deer or turkey, they are required to fill out a harvest tag, sign it and keep the harvest tag with the animal until it is processed for consumption.
    — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of hunters
Noun
  • The ladder mounts install to the T-track on the tent base, though, and can move around to the right side so campers can enter though the large zippered window.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Among the most notable is the Acropolis in Athens with its iconic ruins of ancient civilization preserved as columned edifices, stone statues, and temple mounts.
    — Jennifer Tzeses, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of mounts
Noun
  • The two old warhorses spent six years together at Madrid and won four Champions League titles.
    — Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 2 July 2026
  • Perhaps most notably, the annual opera program will divert from the Pacific Symphony’s traditional Verdi and Puccini Italian operatic warhorses.
    — Christopher Smith, Oc Register, 27 May 2026
Definition of warhorses
Noun
  • Storage bays beneath the bus held larger items, including extra clothes, strollers, kitchen equipment and backup food supplies that wouldn’t fit in the drawers beneath the couches.
    — Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Long Beach’s city health officer on Sunday issued an advisory warning people not to swim at any of the city's beaches or bays for at least three days.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of bays
Noun
  • The mares are now shunning poor Valentine, which Puckett hopes is only temporary.
    — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Five older fillies and mares were entered in the 61/2-furlong sprint on the main track.
    — Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of mares
Noun
  • Anker, arguably the king of phone chargers, created a compact, wireless, magnetic backup charger for your iPhone.
    — Carlos Mejia, PC Magazine, 26 June 2026
  • These new chargers from Ugreen are aimed at MacBook Air and Neo owners who want a power charger with a little more power.
    — Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
Definition of chargers
Noun
  • Down at the bottom of the hill, Butch was sitting in the grass among a dozen or more stallions.
    — Emily Ruskovich, The Atlantic, 7 July 2026
  • Mares use this land as a nursery, stallions retreat there to recover from injuries caused by fighting, and old horses go deep into the marsh to lay themselves to rest.
    — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 2 July 2026
Definition of stallions
Noun
  • For every race that has colts contending for greatness and notoriety, there is a sister race for those wonderful three-year-old fillies.
    — Danny Brewer, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
  • The Preakness features a venue change to a 115-year-old track that has never hosted the event, a field of some of the best 3-year-old colts in the country and a couple of chances to make horse racing history.
    — Stephen Whyno, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2026
Definition of colts
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“Coursers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coursers. Accessed 22 Sep. 2026.

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