Crossword clues for courant
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Courant \Cou*rant"\ (k??-r?nt"), a. [F., p. pr. of courir to run, L. currere. Cf. Current.] (Her.) Represented as running; -- said of a beast borne in a coat of arms.
Courant \Cou*rant"\ (k??-r?nt"), n. [F. courante, fr. courant, p. pr.]
A piece of music in triple time; also, a lively dance; a coranto.
A circulating gazette of news; a newspaper.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"newspaper" (now only in names of newspapers), from French courant, literally "running," present participle of courir "to run" (see current (adj.)).
Wiktionary
Etymology 1 n. 1 A piece of music in triple time. 2 A lively dance; a coranto. Etymology 2
a. (context heraldry English) Represented as running. n. A circulating gazette of news; a newspaper.
WordNet
Wikipedia
Courant may refer to:
- Hexham Courant, a weekly newspaper in Northumberland, England
- The New-England Courant, an American newspaper, founded in Boston in 1721
- Hartford Courant, a newspaper in the United States, founded in 1764
- Courant (surname)
- Courant, Charente-Maritime, a commune in France
- Courant, in heraldry, signifying a running animal with all four paws raised - see Attitude (heraldry)#Courant
- The Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at New York University
- Courant, an alternative spelling for the Baroque dance form, courante
- The Courant–Friedrichs–Lewy condition (CFL condition) in mathematics
- Richard Courant, German mathematician
Courant is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Charles Courant (1896–1982), Swiss sport wrestler
- Curt Courant (1899–1968), German cinematographer
- Ernest Courant (born 1920), American physicist
- Frédéric Courant, French journalist
- Paul Courant, American economist
- Pierre Courant (1897–1965), French politician
- Richard Courant (1888–1972), German American mathematician
- Theodore James Courant, American mathematician
Usage examples of "courant".
They had talked over Courant and his antecedents, and had some argument about them, the doctor maintaining that the strange man was a gentleman, Susan quite sure that he was not.
From which it will be seen that Low Courant had not been communicative about himself.
The night after leaving Ash Hollow, as they sat by the fire, David at her side, the doctor had told Courant of the betrothal.
David was hunting in the hills with Courant, Zavier driving in his stead.
And she was setting Courant in his place which had a separate and even rarer charm.
Nobody was near except Daddy John and Courant, smoking pipes on the other side of the fire.
From the other side of the fire Courant saw it, and through the film of pipe smoke, watched.
Courant thought the boy beyond hope, but in the gray of the dawn the doctor mounted, and with Susan, David, and Courant, rode off with his case of instruments strapped to his saddle.
In a half hour Courant came walking round the back of the wagon and threw himself on the ground beside them.
Her arms were close round him, his head on her shoulder when Courant came back with a dipper of water.
The skull passed from hand to hand till Courant dropped it and kicked it to one side where Leff went after it, lifted it by the horns and stood spelling out the words with a grin.
They could lay off for a day and Courant, who knew the trails, could lead the search party.
Leff scrambled to his knees, his face ominous, and Courant, who had been looking at the mare, apparently indifferent to the quarrel, now slipped to the ground.
There was nothing to do with Bess but shoot her, and Courant went back for his pistols, while Daddy John and the doctor came up to listen with long faces.
She always felt with Courant that she would be swept aside as a trivial thing if she lost her dignity.