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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Courant

Cou-rānt’, a.

adjective

(kōo-rānt’), a. [Fr., p. pr. of courir, to run.] (Her.) Noting the representation of running, as by a horse, &c. Ogilvie.

A stag in mid-leap is depicted inside a shield.

Cou-rānt' or Cou-rānt'o, n.

noun

n. [Fr. courante, from courant, p. pr. of courir, to run, Lat. currere.]

  1. A piece of music in triple time.
  2. A lively kind of dance; coranto.
  3. A circulating gazette of news; a newspaper.