"cursour" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: cursours [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} cursour (plural cursours)
  1. (Scotland, dialect, obsolete) Courser. Tags: Scotland, dialectal, obsolete
    Sense id: en-cursour-en-noun-tOEE-oaQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Scottish English

Inflected forms

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