expéditionnaire

French

Etymology

From expédition +‎ -aire.

Adjective

expéditionnaire (plural expéditionnaires)

1. expeditionary

Noun

expéditionnaire m or f by sense (plural expéditionnaires)

1. (obsolete) an office worker who makes copies of texts by hand; copyist
2. a person or company that organizes shipments for individuals or corporations to get goods from the manufacturer or producer to a market, customer or final point of distribution; forwarder, forwarding agent

Further reading

• “expéditionnaire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.