coureur

Definitions of coureur
  1. noun
    a trained athlete who competes in foot races
    synonyms: coureur à pied
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    types:
    coureur de fond
    someone who participates in long-distance races (especially in marathons)
    coureur de vitesse, sprinter
    someone who runs a short distance at top speed
    type of:
    athlète
    a person trained to compete in sports
  2. noun
    someone who travels on foot by running
    synonyms: coureur à pied
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    types:
    joggeur
    someone who runs a steady slow pace (usually for exercise)
    type of:
    voyageur
    a person who changes location
  3. noun
    a baseball player on the team at bat who is on base (or attempting to reach a base)
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    type of:
    baseballeur
    an athlete who plays baseball
  4. noun
    flightless birds having flat breastbones lacking a keel for attachment of flight muscles: ostriches; cassowaries; emus; moas; rheas; kiwis; elephant birds
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    types:
    autruche
    fast-running African flightless bird with two-toed feet; largest living bird
    casoar
    large black flightless bird of Australia and New Guinea having a horny head crest
    émeu
    large Australian flightless bird similar to the ostrich but smaller
    type of:
    oiseau
    warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
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