cursor

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun (computer science) indicator consisting of a movable spot of light (an icon) on a visual display; moving it allows the user to point to commands or screen positions

Borrowed from Latin cursor (“runner”), from currō (“run”) + -or (agentive suffix). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European.

—(The Seven Deadly Sins: Cursor Mundi, _Cott. — The Story of Genesis and Exodus: An Early English Song, about 1250 A.D., Unknown
In 320, the consul falling sick, a dictator was appointed, Lucius Papirius Cursor, one of the most stern and severe men in Rome. — Young Folks' History of Rome, Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge

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