† pricasour Obs. rare—1.
[Derivative of prick v., of unusual form; prob. of Anglo-Fr. origin.]
? A quick rider, (or perh.) a huntsman: cf. pricker 2, 3.
| c 1386 Chaucer Prol. 189 A Monk ther was..he was a prikasour [v.rr. pryk-, pric-, prek-] aright Grehoundes he hadde as swift as fowel in flight Of prikyng and of huntyng for the hare Was al his lust. |