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Course in Webster's 1913 dictionary

The 1913 record labels course as noun. Its source-bounded etymology and selected historical definition appear below.

WEBSTER 1913noun

Course

[F. cours, course, L. cursus, fr. currere to run. See Current.]

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Cross-verified 1913 record

Headwordcourse

Part of speechnoun

Historical etymology[F. cours, course, L. cursus, fr. currere to run. See Current.]

Selected historical definitionThe act of moving from one point to another; progress; passage.

Signed record IDwebster1913-course-noun-dd01512cd8a8

Source locatorCIDE.C, paragraph 19243; Gutenberg eBook 661

Edition-scoped answerNot earliest-attestation proofNot modern consensus

Independent historical textProject Gutenberg section 661 Signed structural record sourceGNU GCIDE 0.54 archive

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In Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), "course" is labeled noun. Its etymology is recorded as: "[F. cours, course, L. cursus, fr. currere to run. See Current.]" The selected historical definition says: "The act of moving from one point to another; progress; passage."

Project Gutenberg Webster 1913 plus signed GNU GCIDE 0.54 Exact cross-verified historical record reviewed 2026-09-05

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