Cursitor

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cursitor \Cur"si*tor\ (k?r"s?-t?r), n. [LL. cursitor, equiv. to
     L. cursor, fr. cursare to run hither and thither, fr. currere
     to run. See {Current}, and cf. {Cursor}.]
     1. A courier or runner. [Obs.] "Cursitors to and fro."
        --Holland.
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     2. (Eng.Law) An officer in the Court of Chancery, whose
        business is to make out original writs.
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