courier
See also: Courier
English
editEtymology
editFrom a convergence of Middle English corour, currour, from Old French coreor, agent noun of corir (“to run”), and Middle English courier, a borrowing of Middle French courrier, from Italian corriere.
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkʊɹ.ɪ.ə/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkʊɹ.i.ɚ/, /ˈkɝ.i.ɚ/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ʊɹiə(ɹ)
- Homophone: currier (without the foot-strut split or with the hurry–furry merger)
Noun
editcourier (plural couriers)
- A person who delivers messages.
- Synonym: messenger
- A company that delivers messages.
- A company that transports goods.
- (Internet) A user who earns access to a topsite by uploading warez.
- 1999, Adrian Dunn, “Re: Using a scanned picture in your demo”, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.demos (Usenet):
- You can always find musicians. There are more trackers than coders, pixelers, organizers, couriers, and designers combined.
- 2005, Paul Craig, Ron Honick, Mark Burnett, Software Piracy Exposed, page 2:
- These sites have enormous hard drives and bandwidth for couriers to distribute the software from one site to the next.
- A person who looks after and guides tourists.
- Synonyms: guide, rep, tourist guide
- 1914, G. K. Chesterton, “The Paradise of Thieves”, in The Wisdom of Father Brown, p. 29:
- "A courier!" cried Muscari, laughing. "Is that the last of your list of trades? And whom are you conducting?"
Derived terms
editTranslations
editperson who looks after and guides tourists
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person who delivers messages
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company that delivers messages
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company that transports goods
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Verb
editcourier (third-person singular simple present couriers, present participle couriering, simple past and past participle couriered)
- To deliver by courier.
- We'll have the contract couriered to you.
Further reading
edit- “courier”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
Anagrams
editSpanish
editPronunciation
editNoun
editcourier m or f by sense (plural couriers)
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