courant

[ koor-uhnt koo-rahnt, French koo-rahn ]

adjective

1. Heraldry. (of an animal) represented in the act of running:

   a greyhound courant.

noun

1. courante.

Word History and Origins

Origin of courant¹

1595–1605; < French: literally, running, masculine present participle of courir to run; current

Example Sentences

The ordinance was approved after Silly String sprayed during a parade at a local apple harvest festival “discolored cars, stained clothing and instruments, and almost caused two police officers in the parade to lose control of their motorcycles,” according to the Hartford Courant.

From Los Angeles Times

In one of the first public signs of the acrimony between Bowden-Lewis and the commission, four of the panel’s five members resigned early last year after Bowden-Lewis made allegations of racism and threated a lawsuit over the commission’s rejection of her choice for human resources director, The Hartford Courant reported.

From Seattle Times

In one of the first public signs of the acrimony between Bowden-Lewis and the commission, four of the panel’s five members resigned early last year after Bowden-Lewis made allegations of racism and threated a lawsuit over the commission’s rejection of her choice for human resources director, The Hartford Courant reported.

From Seattle Times

He was suspended and then resigned about a month after a Hartford Courant columnist wrote about Diamantis’ daughter being hired for a $99,000-a-year position in the Division of Criminal Justice “without any evident competition.”

From Seattle Times

"This area of research is important since animals are known to take advantage of the flows, such as of air or water, left by other members of a group to save on the energy needed to move or to reduce drag or resistance," explains Leif Ristroph, an associate professor at New York University's Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences and the senior author of the paper, which appears in the journal Nature Communications.

From Science Daily