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cursitor

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A courier or runner.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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noun

Meaning 2

A clerk in the Court of Chancery whose business is to make out original writs.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, obsolete

Topics: law

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History

Etymology

From Latin runner; in the legal sense, from Latin cursitor, from the words de cursu, applied in the statute to ordinary writs.