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cour·i·er

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–noun

1.	a messenger, usually traveling in haste, bearing urgent news, important reports or packages, diplomatic messages, etc.

2.	any means of carrying news, messages, etc., regularly.

3.	the conveyance used by a courier, as an airplane or ship.

4.	Chiefly British. a tour guide for a travel agency.

[Origin: 1350–1400; < MF cour(r)ier < It corriere, equiv. to corr(ere) to run (< L currere) + -iere < L -ārius -ary; r. ME corour < AF cor(i)our, OF coreor < LL curritor runner; see current, -tor

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cou·ri·er Audio Help (kŏŏr'ē-ər, kûr'-, kŭr'-) Pronunciation Key
n.

1. A messenger, especially one on official diplomatic business.
2. A spy carrying secret information.
3. A personal attendant hired to make arrangements for a journey.
4. An employee of a travel agency serving as a guide for tourists.
1. A personal attendant hired to make arrangements for a journey.
2. An employee of a travel agency serving as a guide for tourists.

[French courrier, from Old French, from Old Italian corriere, from correre, to run, from Latin currere; see kers- in Indo-European roots.]

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
courier

c.1382, from Anglo-Fr. courrier, from O.Fr. coreor, ult. from L. currere "to run" (see current).

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courier
noun
a person who carries a message [syn: messenger]

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
courier1 [ˈkuriə] noun

a guide who travels with, and looks after, parties of tourists
Example: a courier on a coach trip

Arabic:	مُرافِق السُّـيّاح
Chinese (Simplified):	照料旅行事务的服务员；导游
Chinese (Traditional):	旅游服務員;導游
Czech:	průvodce
Danish:	rejseleder; turistguide
Dutch:	reisleider
Estonian:	reisijuht
Finnish:	matkaopas
French:	accompagnateur, *-trice
German:	der, *die Reiseleiter(in)
Greek:	συνοδός ομάδας τουριστών, ξεναγός
Hungarian:	idegenvezető
Icelandic:	fararstjóri
Indonesian:	pemandu
Italian:	accompagnatore, accompagnatrice

Japanese:	添乗員
Korean:	급사(急使)
Latvian:	(ceļojuma biroja) pavadonis
Lithuanian:	gidas
Norwegian:	reiseleder, guide
Polish:	pilot
Portuguese (Brazil):	guia
Portuguese (Portugal):	guia
Romanian:	însoţitor
Russian:	сопровождающий
Slovak:	sprievodca, -kyňa
Slovenian:	vodnik
Spanish:	guía acompañante, guía de turismo
Swedish:	reseledare
Turkish:	rehber, mihmandar

courier2 [ˈkuriə] noun

a messenger

Arabic:	رَسول
Chinese (Simplified):	信使
Chinese (Traditional):	信使
Czech:	spěšný posel
Danish:	kurer
Dutch:	koerier
Estonian:	kuller
Finnish:	pikalähetti
French:	messager, *-ère
German:	der Kurier
Greek:	αγγελιοφόρος
Hungarian:	futár
Icelandic:	hraðboði
Indonesian:	kurir
Italian:	corriere

Japanese:	急使
Korean:	여행 안내인
Latvian:	kurjers; izsūtāmais
Lithuanian:	kurjeris, pasiuntinys
Norwegian:	kurer
Polish:	posłaniec
Portuguese (Brazil):	mensageiro
Portuguese (Portugal):	estafeta
Romanian:	curier
Russian:	курьер
Slovak:	posol
Slovenian:	sel
Spanish:	mensajero, estafeta
Swedish:	kurir, bud
Turkish:	haberci, kurye

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Courier

A*vant"-cou`ri*er\, n. [F., fr. avant before + courrier. See Avaunt, and Courier.] A person dispatched before another person or company, to give notice of his or their approach.

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